- Date
- August 25, 1982, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Duluth, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Standing
- Aircraft
- N2163WBeech C23
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 25, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820825062099I
- Case key
- 70518
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the incident.
On this page
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
During preflight, the pilot found the right aileron front push-pull rod end broken. This defect would have precluded aileron control. Metallurgical examination of the fracture revealed that the part had failed due to reverse bending fatigue as a result of inadequate lubrication.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2163W
- Reported as
- Beech C23
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- M-1550
- Airframe hours
- 1,172
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4J, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Operator
- Mariane S. Marrs
- Registered owner
- Mariane S. Marrs
- Departed
- 17A · Duluth, GA
- Destination
- 17A · Duluth, GA
- Airport
- 17A · Gwinnett County
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Student
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 62 total · 56 in this make and model · 56 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.