- Date
- October 21, 1990, 08:20 local (13:20 UTC)
- Place
- Hohenwald, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N9327AOlsen-Gordon Veri EZE
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901021046499A
- Case key
- 8294
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Probable cause
The failure of the left rudder control cable which rendered the airplane uncontrollable.
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
The pilot was conducting his first flight in N9327A when he lost control of the airplane and crashed short of the runway. On October 5, 1990, the FAA issued an experimental airworthiness certificate to N9327A; this was the second certificate issued in 11 years. Between these two dates, there was no record of an inspection being completed nor was one required. After a rocky takeoff, the pilot managed to complete a traffic pattern and was on fnal approach when he lost control. Examination of the airplane revealed that the left rudder cable was worn about 50% through its diameter. The cable failed at a point where the fiberglass material covered a portion of the cable. The exact flight time on the airframe was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9327A
- Reported as
- Olsen-Gordon Veri EZE
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1221
- Airframe hours
- 40
- Engine
- Continental C-85, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Creel, Rodney J.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 5, 1990 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- OM3 · Baker Field, runway 20, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 38
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 530 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 55 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BNA, 50 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.