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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr GOLDWING · Albany, OR · May 25, 1996

Date: May 25, 1996 · 09:30 local
Place: Albany, OR
Airport: Albany Municipal Airport
Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N456TF
Reported as: Amtr Goldwing
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 3 in this make and model10 in the last 90 days

N456TFRegistration cancelled Apr 7, 2017 · Fobar Terry L GOLDWINGS/N 20602 · Built 1983 Airframe modelFobar Terry L GOLDWING Engine modelCuyuna 430RReciprocating

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.

Narrative: shortly after takeoff from Albany, Oregon N456TF experienced a lack of left roll control. Pilot elected to land aircraft in a field three miles southeast of Albany airport using r. aileron and rudder control. The aircraft sustained minor damage to the nose landing gear and skin. No injuries, no structural damage. Discovered unequal cable lengths between left and right ailerons. This report is closed.

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: SHORTLY AFTER TAKEOFF FROM ALBANY, OREGON N456TF EXPERIENCED A LACK OF LEFT ROLL CONTROL. PILOT ELECTED TO LAND AIRCRAFT IN A FIELD THREE MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY AIRPORT USING R. AILERON AND RUDDER CONTROL. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MINOR DAMAGE TO THE NOSE LANDING GEAR AND SKIN. NO INJURIES, NO STRUCTURAL DAMAGE. DISCOVERED UNEQUAL CABLE LENGTHS BETWEEN LEFT AND RIGHT AILERONS. THIS REPORT IS CLOSED.