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FAA accident report · Aircraft · Berlin, PA · August 17, 2002

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Date
August 17, 2002 · 19:30 local
Place
Berlin, PA
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
Ultralight vehicle (Part 103)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NONE
Fatal injuries
0

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.

(-23) On April 14, 2003, an interview was held at north view airport in Berlin pa. Attending were aviation safety inspector henrik vejlstrup, aviation safety inspector james olsen, and john baer of fairhope, PA. Mr. Baer stated that he was the pilot of an aircraft that had crashed into the roof of a hangar on that airport. Mr. Baer indicated which hangar he had crashed into. The hangar that was indicated had a new section of roof. He stated the accident took place on August 17, 2002, at 18:30E and that he had a passenger with him privacy data omitted both men were severely injured and both required extended hospital and assisted living care. Mr. Baer took inspectors olsen and vejlstrup to his home where the aircraft was stored. Inspection of the aircraft revealed it was a two place with two sets of controls. The engine had been removed, the forward section was destroyed, and all other sections of the aircraft were accounted for. Mr. Baer's description of the accident was as follows, the two men departed that airport flew near and around that airport for a short time. The flight started in smooth air but became very bumpy. The pitch control of the aircraft was lost and after several attempts to turn and hold altitude, the aircraft stalled and crashed into the hangar. A continuity inspection of the elevator system indicated a bolt had failed in a sheer load and one-half of the elevator was ineffective (disconnected from the controls). Mr. Baer also produced pictures of the aircraft imbedded in the roof of the hangar. The aircraft's tail was sticking straight up and the wings were parallel with the roof, the forward section of the aircraft was through the hangar roof. The elevators were clearly visible and they were in two different positions.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) ON APRIL 14, 2003, AN INTERVIEW WAS HELD AT NORTH VIEW AIRPORT IN BERLIN PA. ATTENDING WERE AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR HENRIK VEJLSTRUP, AVIATION SAFETY INSPECTOR JAMES OLSEN, AND JOHN BAER OF FAIRHOPE, PA. MR. BAER STATED THAT HE WAS THE PILOT OF AN AIRCRAFT THAT HAD CRASHED INTO THE ROOF OF A HANGAR ON THAT AIRPORT. MR. BAER INDICATED WHICH HANGAR HE HAD CRASHED INTO. THE HANGAR THAT WAS INDICATED HAD A NEW SECTION OF ROOF. HE STATED THE ACCIDENT TOOK PLACE ON AUGUST 17, 2002, AT 18:30E AND THAT HE HAD A PASSENGER WITH HIM ^PRIVACY DATA OMI^ BOTH MEN WERE SEVERELY INJURED AND BOTH REQUIRED EXTENDED HOSPITAL AND ASSISTED LIVING CARE. MR. BAER TOOK INSPECTORS OLSEN AND VEJLSTRUP TO HIS HOME WHERE THE AIRCRAFT WAS STORED. INSPECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT REVEALED IT WAS A TWO PLACE WITH TWO SETS OF CONTROLS. THE ENGINE HAD BEEN REMOVED, THE FORWARD SECTION WAS DESTROYED, AND ALL OTHER SECTIONS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE ACCOUNTED FOR. MR. BAER'S DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCIDENT WAS AS FOLLOWS, THE TWO MEN DEPARTED THAT AIRPORT FLEW NEAR AND AROUND THAT AIRPORT FOR A SHORT TIME. THE FLIGHT STARTED IN SMOOTH AIR BUT BECAME VERY BUMPY. THE PITCH CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOST AND AFTER SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO TURN AND HOLD ALTITUDE, THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED INTO THE HANGAR. A CONTINUITY INSPECTION OF THE ELEVATOR SYSTEM INDICATED A BOLT HAD FAILED IN A SHEER LOAD AND ONE-HALF OF THE ELEVATOR WAS INEFFECTIVE (DISCONNECTED FROM THE CONTROLS). MR. BAER ALSO PRODUCED PICTURES OF THE AIRCRAFT IMBEDDED IN THE ROOF OF THE HANGAR. THE AIRCRAFT'S TAIL WAS STICKING STRAIGHT UP AND THE WINGS WERE PARALLEL WITH THE ROOF, THE FORWARD SECTION OF THE AIRCRAFT WAS THROUGH THE HANGAR ROOF. THE ELEVATORS WERE CLEARLY VISIBLE AND THEY WERE IN TWO DIFFERENT POSITIONS.