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MKC69F0027

1968-06-15 · FESTUS, Missouri, United States · Fatal · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N8680E has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (PIPER PA-28R-200, built 1976), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
STITS SA3A · N8680E
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
FESTUS
Kind of flying
B0

Weather at impact

Sky
UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED

Aircraft history

Total time
305 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
Flight instructor (CFI)
Total hours
700
Age
35

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

TS.NO PENETRATION OF WELD AT FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT.

Investigator remarks

R WING STRUTS FAILED AT FUSELAGE ATTACHMENT POIN

Cause factors

  • 70/A/AC A
    AIRFRAME WING ATTACHMENT FITTINGS,BOLTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 70/A/AD A
    AIRFRAME BRACING WIRES,STRUTS Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/95 A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS MATERIAL FAILURE Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/A/AG A
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS POOR WELD Cause — pilot/personnel action
  • 88/J/88 J
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER Joint cause

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 4869. Source file NTSB_1968_3_4869.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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