- Date
- August 2, 1972
- Place
- Orange, CT · ORANGE, CT
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2676RRobertson 182K
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167733
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1023 72/8/2 ORANGE,CONN ROBERTSON 182K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 2008 N2676R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 37, 507 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 89 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TUSKEEGEE,ALA TETERBORO,NJ 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) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISUSED OR FAILED TO USE FLAPS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- PLT LOWERED FULL SPAN FLAPS ABOVE MAX EXTENSION SPEED.BOTH OUTBOARD WGS BUCKLED. L WG SEPARATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2676R
- Reported as
- Robertson 182K
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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