Monnett - Larsen MONI N83GL

Summary

On 30 June 1983 at about 02:35 local time, a Monnett - Larsen MONI registered N83GL was involved in an accident near Albany, Oregon, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

30 June 1983 at 02:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Albany, Oregon, United States

Nearest airport

Albany Municipal (S12)

Coordinates

44.6209, -123.1304

Aircraft

Monnett - Larsen MONI

Registration

N83GL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

SEA83FA141

1 person 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, POWERED GLIDER WAS BEING FLOWN ON A LOCAL TEST FLIGHT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES, THE ACFT WAS IN UNPOWERED FLT (GLIDING) WHEN IT ENTERED A DESCENT & CRASHED. AT ABOUT THE SAME TIME IT BEGAN DESCENDING, THEY OBSERVED SOMETHING SEPARATE FROM THE ACFT THAT APPEARED TO BE A WING. AN EXAM OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE LEFT WING SKIN HAD SEPARATED FROM THE SPAR. THE LEFT SPAR WAS STILL ATTACHED TO THE FUSELAGE AND WAS BENT & TWISTED TOWARD THE TIP. THE ACFT HAD COME TO REST INVERTED & BOTH STABILIZERS OF THE V-TAIL HAD BROKEN. THE LEFT STABILIZER & LEFT WING SKIN WERE FOUND 185 & 300 FT, RESPECTIVELY, FROM THE MAIN WRECKAGE. AN INSPECTION OF THE LEFT WING REVEALED THAT THE SKIN HAD BEEN ATTACHED TO THE RIBS, BUT HAD NOT BEEN BONDED TO THE SPAR. ACCORDING TO THE ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS, THE SKIN SHOULD HAVE BEEN BOND WITH EPOXY TO BOTH THE TOP & BOTTOM OF THE SPAR.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.