- Date
- February 6, 2001, 09:30 local (15:30 UTC)
- Place
- Raymond, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6334FSorrell SNS-2 Guppy
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2001
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Parties
- Jackson FSDO
- FAA report
- 20010206000449A
- Case key
- 51459
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Probable cause
The failure of the rudder horn bracket, that resulted in the inflight loss of control.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the pilot, after takeoff the flight controls "felt unstable". Then he stated that, when he tried to turn, the airplane turned easy to the left. As the pilot maneuvered 300 feet above the trees, the airplane became uncontrollable. The pilot reported that the airplane entered a flat spin and collided with trees. An examination of the airplane revealed that the rudder horn bracket that connects to the rudder control cable, had broken at the weld. The builder manufactured the rudder horn bracket during the construction of the airplane.
Factual narrative
On February 06, 2001, at 0930 central standard time, a Sorrell, Guppy SNS-2,N6334F, an experimental airplane, collided with trees during an uncontrolled descent near Raymond, Mississippi. The personal flight was operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 CFR part 91with no flight plan filed. Visual weather conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The experimental airplane was destroyed, and the pilot received serious injuries. The flight originated from John Bell Williams Field, Raymond, Mississippi, at 0845.
According to the pilot, after takeoff the flight controls "felt unstable". Then he stated that, when he tried to turn, the airplane turned easy to the left. As the pilot maneuvered 300 feet above the trees, the airplane became uncontrollable. The pilot reported that the airplane entered what he described as a " flat spin/spiral." The airplane collided with trees in a heavily wooded area near Raymond, Mississippi.
An examination of the airplane revealed that the rudder horn bracket that connects to the rudder control cable, had broken at the weld. The builder manufactured the rudder horn bracket during construction of the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6334F
- Reported as
- Sorrell SNS-2 Guppy
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 356
- Airframe hours
- 91
- Engine
- Unknown, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Bert Royce Pertuit
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- M16 · Raymond, MS
- Destination
- M16 · Raymond, MS
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 61
- Injuries
- Serious
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Single
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 91 in this make and model · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 32 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.17 inHg
- Observed at
- HKS
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.