ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 14407
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| Date: | Sunday 19 August 1973 |
| Time: | 15:50 |
| Type: | Taylor J.T.2 Titch |
| Owner/operator: | Deane Kesterson |
| Registration: | N1SK |
| MSN: | SK-1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Salem-Leckrone, Illinois (KSLO) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Centrala, IL (KENL) |
| Salem-Leckrone, IL (KSLO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Written off 19/8/1973:Control stick failure, cracks found to have occurred before final failure. Cause of cracks: overheated (poor quality welding) during brazing/welding of control column whilst aircraft was under construction. The 45-year old pilot (sole person on board) was killed on impact
However, according to another source: "The day of the accident, Scott had just flown the Titch minutes before Deane got to the airport. The plane was mechanically sound and didn't show any problems. Deane then flew the plane to the Salem airport and upon landing crashed the Titch killing Deane. A few days earlier Bobbie took Deane to the doctor due to a severe pain in the left shoulder and arm which was thought to be bursitis. She believes that Deane had a massive heart attach just before landing which caused the accident. Deane was forty five and Bobbie was forty seven years old when the accident occurred."
Sources:
1. https://www.ntsb.gov/aviationquery/brief.aspx?ev_id=85472&key=0
2. http://yellowairplane.com/IAC/Deane_Kesterson/Deane_Kesterson_10.html
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 25-Feb-2008 12:00 | ASN archive | Added |
| 01-Sep-2013 00:08 | Dr.John Smith | Updated [Operator, Location, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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