# NTSB OAK72FVA09: Minicab 1B, N4781, Kingsburg, CA, August 5, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: August 5, 1971
- Place: Kingsburg, CA · KINGSBURG, CA
- Location: 36.5252° N, 119.5664° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kingsburg, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.5252&lon=-119.5664&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report January 4, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162100
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK72FVA09
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK72FVA09

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4781-1971-10-04), registration cancelled 1971-10-04, S/N 1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MINICAB 1B
- Registry model: [Boucher MINICAB 1-B](https://openairdocs.org/model/boucher-minicab-1-b) (registry code 05611G0) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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