ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 10043
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| Date: | Friday 23 September 1977 |
| Time: | 12:11 |
| Type: | Mahler-Weber PJ-295 |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N4030B |
| MSN: | 2 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Westhampton, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Demo/Airshow/Display |
| Departure airport: | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
r stabilizer brace strut broke. Pilot removed lstrut. Acrobatics continued.Aircraft tail failed. Pilot "Big" Edward "Ed" Mahler (43).
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
El Tiempo 25 September 1977, p10A
Netherlands national archive: NBC TV ccreenshots of the crash via UPI: http://proxy.handle.net/10648/829ca97f-15e2-22b6-47da-7499f578fbec
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 17-Apr-2017 14:35 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
| 28-Apr-2021 17:15 | Hoekb03 | Updated [Source] |
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