- Date
- June 29, 1983, 19:35 local (Jun 30, 1983, 02:35 UTC)
- Place
- Albany, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N83GLMonnett - Larsen Moni
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830629030459A
- Case key
- 39621
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The home built, powered glider was being flown on a local test flight. According to witnesses, the acft was in unpowered flt (gliding) when it entered a descent & crashed. At about the same time it began descending, they observed something separate from the acft that appeared to be a wing. An exam of the wreckage revealed the left wing skin had separated from the spar. The left spar was still attached to the fuselage and was bent & twisted toward the tip. The acft had come to rest inverted & both stabilizers of the v-tail had broken. The left stabilizer & left wing skin were found 185 & 300 ft, respectively, from the main wreckage. An inspection of the left wing revealed that the skin had been attached to the ribs, but had not been bonded to the spar. According to the assembly instructions, the skin should have been bond with epoxy to both the top & bottom of the spar.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83GL
- Reported as
- Monnett - Larsen Moni
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 83
- Airframe hours
- 11
- Engine
- KFM 107, 22 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gerald Clyde Larsen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 11, 1983 · 11 hours before
- Airport
- S12 · Albany Municipal, runway 34, 3,000 × 95 ft
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 500 total · 11 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 250° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SLE, 15 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.