- Date
- May 20, 1971
- Place
- Oxford, CT · OXFORD, CT
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N3314Flybaby 1A
- Status
- Completed · report December 22, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161645
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1309 71/5/20 OXFORD,CONN FLYBABY 1A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1740 N3314 PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 46, 1728 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 70 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WATERBURY-OXFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BRIDGEPORT,CONN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (OWNER-PILOT) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- L WG FLYING WIRE TURNBUCKLE FAILED. WG SEPARATED. PLT PARACHUTED SUCCESSFULLY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3314
- Reported as
- Flybaby 1A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Waterbury-Oxford
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