- Date
- July 19, 1972
- Place
- Minden, NV · MINDEN, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44CWConcept 70
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168161
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2604 72/7/19 MINDEN,NEV CONCEPT 70 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1227 N44CW PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 38, 5300 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 65 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MINDEN,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - AIRFRAME BUFFET REMARKS- SPEED REACHED RED LINE 120K IAS WHEN FLUTTER STARTED FOLLOWED BY RT THEN LEFT WING SEPARATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44CW
- Reported as
- Concept 70
- Category
- Glider, amateur-built
- Engine
- none
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Douglas County
N44CWRegistration cancelled Mar 16, 2011 · Berkshire Mfg. CONCEPT 70Airframe modelBerkshire Mfg. CONCEPT 70
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.