- Date
- October 12, 1964
- Place
- Mendota, CA · MENDOTA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5054VConvair L-13
- Status
- Completed · report February 8, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 181794
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0821 64/10/12 NR.MENDOTA CALIF CONVAIR L-13 CR- 1 0 0 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 9000 TIME - 1000 N5054V PX- 0 0 0 AERIAL APPLICATION TOTAL HOURS, 3000 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: FLAREOUT FOR SWATH RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: BRACING WIRES,STRUTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- FAILED PART-RT WING STRUT WING ATTACH FITTING.NO INSP. HOLE PROVIDED AT FITTING LOCATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5054V
- Reported as
- Convair L-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N5054VRegistration cancelled Jun 23, 1970 · Consolidated Vultee L-13Airframe modelConsolidated Vultee L-13
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