ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 40566
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| Date: | Wednesday 29 June 1983 |
| Time: | 19:35 |
| Type: |  Monnett Moni |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N83GL |
| MSN: | 83 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 11 hours |
| Engine model: | KFM 107 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Albany, OR -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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.
Sources:
NTSB: http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001214X43528
NTSB Identification: SEA83FA141
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 05-Nov-2011 02:24 | Anon. | Updated [Source, Plane category, ] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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