- Date
- April 4, 1976
- Place
- Sonoma, CA · SONOMA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N15SBreezy
- Status
- Completed · report June 24, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760404010899A
- Case key
- 153860
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1172 76/4/4 SONOMA,CA BREEZY CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1435 N15S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 59, 12000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SONOMA VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SONOMA,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION REMARKS- LEFT LIFT STRUT FAILED DURING PULL UP.INTERIOR OF STRUT RUSTED TO 1/2 NORMAL WALL THICKNESS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15S
- Reported as
- Breezy
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sonoma Valley
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.