- Date
- April 18, 1972
- Place
- So.Westerlo, NY · SO.WESTERLO, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N10MRSpezio Sprt DAL-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 13, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165851
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0430 72/4/18 NR.SO.WESTERLO,NY SPEZIO SPRT DAL-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 29, 123 TIME - 1630 N10MR PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 88 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAVENA,NY 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: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- TEST FLT TO CK G LOADING PRIOR TO AEROBATIC CERTIFICATION. L WG FRONT STRUT FAILED. WG SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10MR
- Reported as
- Spezio Sprt DAL-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N10MRRegistration cancelled Jun 8, 1973 · Russell-Spezio Sport DAL-1Airframe modelRussell-Spezio Sport DAL-1
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