- Date
- August 25, 1974
- Place
- Narragansett, RI · NARRAGANSETT, RI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6442Corben Ace MOD-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 22, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740825027119A
- Case key
- 140549
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4347 74/8/25 NARRAGANSETT,RI CORBEN ACE MOD-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 47, 211 TIME - 1200 N6442 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 92 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BAYPORT,NY NARRAGANSETT,RI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD REMARKS- AFT CABANE STRUT FRACTURE AT WELD,LAB ANALYIS DISCLOSED INCOMPLETE FUSION OF WELD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6442
- Reported as
- Corben Ace MOD-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
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