FAA incident report · Glasfl KESTREL · Elsinore, CA · December 30, 1983
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.
The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.
Elevator control problem on a test flight. Made hard landing using a ballistic recovery parachute to land aircraft.
ELEVATOR CONTROL PROBLEM ON A TEST FLIGHT. MADE HARD LANDING USING A BALLISTIC RECOVERY PARACHUTE TO LAND AIRCRAFT.