ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39490
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Date: | Wednesday 24 January 1990 |
Time: | 13:00 |
Type: | Pterodactyl Ascender II+2 |
Owner/operator: | private |
Registration: | unreg. |
MSN: | |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lake Village, IN -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Lake Village, IN (C98) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT CRASHED WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH TO LANDING. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE RIGHT WING TO FOLD IN FLIGHT AND THE AIRCRAFT TUMBLE END OVER END TO THE GROUND. INVESTIGATION REVEALED COMPLETE FAILURE OF THE RIGHT WING SPAR. CAUSE: IN-FLIGHT STRUCTURAL FAILURE OF THE RIGHT WING SPAR.
Sources:
NTSB:
https://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001212X22383 Revision history:
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