Attebery-Stainbrook VARIEZE N6BZ

Summary

On 3 August 1986 at about 13:20 local time, a Attebery-Stainbrook VARIEZE registered N6BZ was involved in an accident near Osawatomie, Kansas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

3 August 1986 at 13:20

Classification

Accident

Location

Osawatomie, Kansas, United States

Coordinates

38.4999, -94.9501

Aircraft

Attebery-Stainbrook VARIEZE

Registration

N6BZ

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Osawatomie → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC86FA166

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 STATED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE OPERATING NORMALLY AND FLYING AT CRUISE ALTITUDE WHEN, SUDDENLY THE LEFT (PORT) WING SEPARATED FROM THE FUSELAGE. SOUNDS OF ENGINE POWER CEASED IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING THE IN-FLIGHT BREAKUP AND THE AIRCRAFT PLUMMETED TO THE GROUND UNDER NO APPARENT CONTROL, THE WITNESSES FURTHER STATED. THE MAIN WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED ON A CORNFIELD RESTING IN AN INVERTED POSITION. THE LEFT MAIN WING WAS LOCATED ON AN OPEN FIELD ONE QUARTER MILE AWAY. ON-SCENE INSPECTION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THAT NEITHER WING HAD BEEN SECURED TO THE MAIN FUSELAGE WITH ANY KIND OF FASTENING DEVICE. EPOXY AND PAINT ABOUT THE WING ROOT AREA WERE FOUND TO BE THE ONLY MEANS OF KEEPING THE WINGS AND THE FUSELAGE MATED. NO ENGINE MALFUNCTION WAS DISCOVERED. THIS AIRCRAFT HAD LOGGED JUST OVER 14 FLIGHT HOURS PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT FLIGHT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.