- Date
- August 19, 1973
- Place
- Salem, IL · SALEM, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1SKTaylor Titch
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730819026819A
- Case key
- 189125
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2561 73/8/19 SALEM,ILL TAYLOR TITCH CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 1550 TIME - 1550 N1SK PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 150 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SALEM-LECKRONE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CENTRALIA,ILL SALEM,ILL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- VOLKSWAGEN 1600CC.CONTROL STICK,CRACKS FOUND TO HAVE OCCRD BFR FINAL FAILURE.OVRHEATED DRG BRAZING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1SK
- Reported as
- Taylor Titch
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Salem-Leckrone
N1SKRegistration cancelled Oct 25, 1973 · Kesterson-Scarborugh TAYLOR-TITCHAirframe modelKesterson-Scarborugh TAYLOR-TITCH
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.