Stitts SA-3A N19BC
16 August 1979 · Manchester, Michigan, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 16 August 1979 at about 19:30 local time, a Stitts SA-3A registered N19BC was involved in an accident during in flight near Manchester, Michigan, 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 19:30
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Manchester, Michigan, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Stitts SA-3A
- Registration
- N19BC
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Fixed Base Operator
- Purpose of flight
- Pleasure
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- Ann Arbor, Mi → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-2600
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
R WING FABRIC SEPARATED.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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