# NTSB Accident WPR11LA081
> **Apollo AS-III** · 2010-12-22 · Poipu, HI, USA · NONE
## Event
- **NTSB number:** WPR11LA081
- **Event ID:** 20101223X00120
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2010-12-22
- **Location:** Poipu, HI, USA
- **Coordinates:** 21.870832, -159.447784
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** NONE
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 0
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 2
- **Total aboard:** 2
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Apollo
- **Model:** AS-III
- **Registration:** N157AP
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** 1
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

The pilot's lack of compliance with manufacturer's guidance for care and handling of the aircraft combined with incomplete preflight inspections, which resulted in an undetected material failure of the nose cone.

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