Accident · 2003-06-14

NTSB case MIA03CA128 · Kolb Company MKIII · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 2003-06-14
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Minor injury
Aircraft: Kolb Company MKIII (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: John Cochran Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): John E. Richmond

Probable cause

The inadequate preflight inspection of the airplane by the pilot-in-command (pilot) for his failure to assure that the forward attachment of the right horizontal stabilizer was secured and safetied before flight resulting in rotation of the leading edge of the right horizontal stabilizer and in-flight loss of control.

Source: NTSB case MIA03CA128

Flight crew

Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.

Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.

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