Rosenmayer SKYRANGER S/C N830CR

Summary

On 7 August 1988 at about 13:20 local time, a Rosenmayer SKYRANGER S/C registered N830CR was involved in an accident near Maryland Hgts, Missouri, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

7 August 1988 at 13:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Maryland Hgts, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.7196, -90.4704

Aircraft

Rosenmayer SKYRANGER S/C

Registration

N830CR

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC88DCA01

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

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE A/C MAKING A TURN WHEN THE WINGS CAME OFF AND THE A/C NOSE-DIVED TO THE GROUND WITH THE WINGS 'FLOATING' DOWN AFTER THE A/C. EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE FOUND A FATIGUE CRACK 1/3 THE CIRCUMFERENCE WITH INSTANTANEOUS CRACKING ON THE REMAINDER CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE RIGHT WING LIFT STRUT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.