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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Piper PA-23-250 · Edgartown, MA · January 24, 1984

Date: January 24, 1984 · 08:45 local
Place: Edgartown, MA
Airport: Edgartown
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: Air taxi and commuter (Part 135)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N40250
Reported as: Piper PA23250
People aboard: 2
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 11,000 total2,000 in this make and model100 in the last 90 days

N40250Registration cancelled Dec 20, 2019 · Piper PA-23-250S/N 27-7305056 · Built 1973 Airframe modelPiper PA-23-250 Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 seriesTurbo-prop

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.

Loud bang was followed by a flutter in the rudder system. After landing found top 12 inches of rudder missing.

As the FAA filed it

LOUD BANG WAS FOLLOWED BY A FLUTTER IN THE RUDDER SYSTEM. AFTER LANDING FOUND TOP 12 INCHES OF RUDDER MISSING.