19830109002089A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Willbird · Chugiak, AK · January 9, 1983

Date
January 9, 1983 · 11:00 local
Place
Chugiak, AK
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N37875
NTSB investigation
NTSBANC83FAG02
Reported as
Amtr Willbird
Reported engine
Continental IO360D
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
662 total229 in this make and model15 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Hinge bearing component on stabilator broke allowing nose to pitch up causing loss of pitch control and stall.

As the FAA filed it

HINGE BEARING COMPONENT ON STABILATOR BROKE ALLOWING NOSE TO PITCH UP CAUSING LOSS OF PITCH CONTROL AND STALL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.