Couger II N8496H
12 May 1968 · Spring Valley, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 12 May 1968 at about 12:15 local time, a Couger II registered N8496H was involved in an accident during in flight near Spring Valley, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 12:15
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Spring Valley, California, United States
- Nearest airport
- Lamp
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Couger II
- Registration
- N8496H
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Test
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-1231
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
WELD ATTACHING HORIZ STABILIZER TO STABILIZER CONNECTOR FAILED ON BOTH SIDES.AMATEUR BUILT ACFT.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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