# NTSB Accident CHI97FA248
> **Valley Adventurers, Inc. ADVENTURER 333** · 1997-08-05 · FOND DU LAC, WI, USA · FATL
## Event
- **NTSB number:** CHI97FA248
- **Event ID:** 20001208X08564
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 1997-08-05
- **Location:** FOND DU LAC, WI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 43.769065, -88.439216
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** FATL
- **Fatal:** 1
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Valley Adventurers, Inc.
- **Model:** ADVENTURER 333
- **Registration:** N323VA
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** DEST
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The kit manufacturer's use of inadequate material in construction of the airplane, his inadequate application of quality controls resulting in the debonding of the horizontal stabilizer.  Factors were the total loss of the horizontal stabilizer, the elevator, the rudder, both wings, and a partial loss of the vertical stabilizer, and wing struts.

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