# Incident 20020604013379I: Amtr CHRISTAVIAMK, Sherman, TX, June 4, 2002

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 4, 2002
- Place: Sherman, TX
- Airport: Sherman Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6241° N, 96.5861° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHERMAN MUNI (SWI), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6241&lon=-96.5861&mi=10
- Aircraft: N49635, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N49635) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wade Edwin C CHRISTAVIA MK I (registry code 05613CW, https://openairdocs.org/model/wade-edwin-c-christavia-mk-i) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental 0-200 series (registry code 17020, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-0-200-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR CHRISTAVIAMK
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,843 total, 11 in this make and model, 149 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020604013379I

## Narrative

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

(-23) WHILE CONDUCTING STALL TESTS IN PHASE I FOR EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT, UP ELEVATOR CONTROL WAS LOST. PILOT WAS ABLE TO LAND USING ELEVATOR TRIM, AILERON AND RUDDER AND THROTTLE. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION BY FAA MAINTENANCE INSPECTOR REVEALED CONTROL ROD THAT FASTENS THE TWO CONTROL STICKS SEPARATED AT THE ELEVATOR TURNBUCKLE ATTACH POINT. WATER WAS STANDING IN BELLY, NO DRAIN GROMMETS WERE INSTALLED IN FUSELAGE. THE FAILURE WAS AROUND A WELDED TAB. RUST WAS PRESENT IN NINETY PERCENT OF THE FRACTURED AREA. THE AIRPLANE HAD NOT BEEN FLOWN IN TWELVE YEARS AND HAD RECENTLY BEEN RE-CERTIFIED INTO A 25 HOUR PHASE 1 AFTER THE ORIGINAL OWNER HAD PASSED AWAY.

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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