- Date
- April 6, 1968
- Place
- Midway, KY · MIDWAY, KY
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4838ZPiper PA-22
- Status
- Completed · report May 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111214
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0875 68/4/6 MIDWAY,KY PIPER PA-22 CR- 0 2 0 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1100 N4838Z PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 50, 3250 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 253 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- RUDDER JAMMED FULL RT. CAUSE UNDETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4838Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N4838ZRegistration cancelled Jun 21, 1976 · Piper PA-22-108Airframe modelPiper PA-22-108Engine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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