- Date
- September 4, 1966
- Place
- Livermore, CA · LIVERMORE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1YBalljack 1
- Status
- Completed · report May 1, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 121499
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0810 66/9/4 LIVERMORE CALIF BALLJACK 1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 27, 650 TIME - 1025 N1Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME - WINGS: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- RIGHT WING SEPARATED IN-FLIGHT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1Y
- Reported as
- Balljack 1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N1YRegistration cancelled Nov 15, 1972 · Ballard Thomas Jackson Richard BALLJACK 1Airframe modelBallard Thomas Jackson Richard BALLJACK 1
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