- Date
- November 20, 1980
- Place
- Rome, GA · ROME, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N44RKCessna 340A
- Status
- Completed · report February 11, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19801120088769I
- Case key
- 129048
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0049 80/11/20 NR.ROME,GA CESSNA 340A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1615 N44RK PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - RICHARD B.RUSSELL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOUISVILLE,KY ATLANTA,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING REMARKS- ELEVATOR TRIM ACTUATOR ROD BOLT,NUT,AND COTTER PIN MISSING AT TAB END
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44RK
- Reported as
- Cessna 340A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Richard B.Russell
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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.