- Date
- August 5, 1971
- Place
- Kingsburg, CA · KINGSBURG, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4781Minicab 1B
- Status
- Completed · report January 4, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162100
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1440 71/8/5 KINGSBURG,CALIF MINICAB 1B CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 1000 TIME - 2045 N4781 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 69 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KINGSBURG,CALIF 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) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- SPAR FAIL OCRD IN R LDG GR ATTACH BLOCK AREA.ACFT INVOLVED LDG ACDNT MAY 1971,R GR HIT DIRT BANK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4781
- Reported as
- Minicab 1B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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