- Date
- November 17, 1976
- Place
- Findlay, OH · FINDLAY, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N14DBCessna 421B
- Status
- Completed · report January 5, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761117036259A
- Case key
- 156433
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3364 76/11/17 FINDLAY,OH CESSNA 421B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, 2902 TIME - 1540 N14DB PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC TOTAL HOURS, 751 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FINDLAY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIMA,OH FINDLAY,OH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- TRIM TAB ACTUATOR MAINT,ROD SECURED & COTTER PIN INSTLD IN NUT.ROD DISCONNECTED FOR RERIGGING CK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14DB
- Reported as
- Cessna 421B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Findlay Muni
N14DBRegistration cancelled Apr 6, 2005 · Cessna 340Airframe modelCessna 340Engine modelContinental TSIO-520 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N14DB · 1
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