# Accident 19950819025579A: Dhav DHC1, Hammond, WI, August 19, 1995

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 19, 1995, 17:53 local time
- Place: Hammond, WI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.9704° N, 92.4296° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.9704&lon=-92.4296&mi=10
- Aircraft: N320WM, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N320WM-2021-01-09) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland DHC-1 CHIPMUNK (registry code 2801704, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-dhc-1-chipmunk) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-540 series (registry code 41568, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAV DHC1
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,483 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI95LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA288) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950819025579A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

RETURNING FROM AEROBACTICS. SHACKED VIOLENTLY. LANDED CORNFIELD. NOSED OVER. MODIFIED TAIL SUPPORT TUBES BENT. (-23) OWNER FLYING ACROBATICS, LEVELED OFF, AIRCRAFT STARTED TO SHAKE VIOLENTLY, COULD NOT MAINTAIN ALTITUDE, FLEW INTO A CORN FIELD.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB CHI95LA288](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI95LA288), Aug 19, 1995: de Havilland DHC-1 (N320WM), Hammond, WI, destroyed. Probable cause: an overload failure of the right horizontal support tube assembly which the pilot/owner had modified to be adjustable. A factor in the accident was the corn.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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