- Date
- June 15, 1980
- Place
- Fredricksburg, VA · FREDRICKSBURG, VA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N33BRDehavilland DHC-13
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800615082309I
- Case key
- 130319
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0015 80/6/15 FREDRICKSBURG,VA DEHAVILLAND DHC-13 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 50, 7000 TIME - 1600 N33BR PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 2500 IN DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - SHANNON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREDRICKSBURG,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- DRNG TAIL SLIDE PLT STTD LOST RUDR CNTL.RUDDER HINGE ATCH PT SEPRTD FM MAIN SPAR OF VERT STBLZR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33BR
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-13
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Shannon
N33BRRegistered now · Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S3Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-1B-2-S3Engine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N33BR · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.