Barry Zielinski SNS 8 HIPERLT N5303U

Summary

On 11 December 1984 at about 21:45 local time, a Barry Zielinski SNS 8 HIPERLT registered N5303U was involved in an accident near Corona, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

11 December 1984 at 21:45

Classification

Accident

Location

Corona, California, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Barry Zielinski SNS 8 HIPERLT

Registration

N5303U

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Lake Elsninore → Corona

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

LAX85FA066

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

N5303U, OWNED & OPERATED BY THE AMATEUR ACFT BUILDER SUSTAINED AN INFLT STRUCTUAL FAILURE OF THE LT BOTTOM WING & CRASHED 6 MI EAST OF CORONA, CA. THE ULTRALIGHT TYPE ACFT WAS DESTROYED AND THE PLT FATALLY INJURED. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT WING SPAR FAILURE OCCURRED IN NEGATIVE OVERLOAD WHEN DESIGN STRESS LIMITS WERE EXCEEDED. THE PLT DEPLOYED A SAFETY PARACHUTE BUT THE ALUMINUM FITTING ATTACHING THE CHUTE TO THE ACFT FAILED DUE TO OVERLOADS. THE STRENGTH OF THIS FITTING WAS FOUND INADEQUATE FOR THE FORCES EXPECTED.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.