Flitecraft SENIOR AERO N119P

Summary

On 18 September 1982 at about 21:30 local time, a Flitecraft SENIOR AERO registered N119P, operated by L.boettcher & D. Wendorf, was involved in an accident near Footville, Wisconsin, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 September 1982 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Footville, Wisconsin, United States

Coordinates

42.6705, -89.2104

Aircraft

Flitecraft SENIOR AERO

Registration

N119P

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

L.boettcher & D. Wendorf

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Brodhead → Brodhead

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI82FA357

2 people died.

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

THE HOME BUILT AIRCRAFT WAS ON A FAMILIARIZATION FLIGHT FOR THE PILOT IN THE RIGHT SEAT. ONE WITNESS STATED HE SAW THE AIRCRAFT (AT ABOUT 2000 FT AGL) ENTER A NOSE HIGH (STRAIGHT UP) ATTITUDE FOLLOWED BY A NOSE LOW (STRAIGHT DOWN) ATTITUDE. A SPIN THEN DEVELOPED. TWO OTHER WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT RECOVER FROM THE SPIN. THE LEFT WING SEPARATED FROM THE AIRCRAFT DURING RECOVERY AND THE PLANE CRASHED. EVIDENCE OF DRY ROT WAS FOUND IN THE LEFT WING SPARS. A CO-OWNER REPORTED THAT THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN REBUILT IN 1976, BUT THE SPARS WERE NOT REBUILT. AN ANNUAL INSPECTION HAD BEEN COMPLETED ON 7/20/82. THE WING SPARS WERE EXAMINED AND JUDGED TO BE IN AIRWORTHY CONDITION. REPORTEDLY, ALL OF THE SPAR AREA WAS NOT EXAMINED DUE TO ACCESSABILITY. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT CERTIFIED FOR AEROBATICS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.