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: a commercial student was with his flight instructor preparing for a multi-engine check ride in the lake matthews practice area. At approximately 3,200 MSL, they began an accelerated stall maneuver. While entering a bank to the left, as the angle of attack and airspeed was decreasing to induce a stall, the pilots heard a loud ?bang? Sound. The student leveled the wings to verify what had happened. They noticed the right wing tip had detached from the wing, and they felt a yoke vibration from the horizontal stabilizer. The flight instructor immediately took control of the aircraft and declared an emergency to land at Chino Airport. After landing, the pilot verified the yoke vibration was due to damage to the horizontal stabilizer. The flight instructor landed without difficulty.
As the FAA filed it
NARRATIVE: A COMMERCIAL STUDENT WAS WITH HIS FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR PREPARING FOR A MULTI-ENGINE CHECK RIDE IN THE LAKE MATTHEWS PRACTICE AREA. AT APPROXIMATELY 3,200 MSL, THEY BEGAN AN ACCELERATED STALL MANEUVER. WHILE ENTERING A BANK TO THE LEFT, AS THE ANGLE OF ATTACK AND AIRSPEED WAS DECREASING TO INDUCE A STALL, THE PILOTS HEARD A LOUD ?BANG? SOUND. THE STUDENT LEVELED THE WINGS TO VERIFY WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THEY NOTICED THE RIGHT WING TIP HAD DETACHED FROM THE WING, AND THEY FELT A YOKE VIBRATION FROM THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR IMMEDIATELY TOOK CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT AND DECLARED AN EMERGENCY TO LAND AT CHINO AIRPORT. AFTER LANDING, THE PILOT VERIFIED THE YOKE VIBRATION WAS DUE TO DAMAGE TO THE HORIZONTAL STABILIZER. THE FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR LANDED WITHOUT DIFFICULTY.
Other reports on N449JA · 3
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.