- Date
- November 14, 1981
- Place
- Madison, WI · MADISON, WI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N209DWOsprey 2
- Status
- Completed · report January 20, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811114073839A
- Case key
- 123488
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2972 81/11/14 MADISON,WI OSPREY 2 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 213 TIME - 1019 N209DW PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRUAX DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MADISON,WI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING REMARKS- CONNECTING BOLT MISSING ON PUSH-PULL TUBE TO FORWARD ELEVATOR.PLT RADIOED NO ELEVATOR CNTL IN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N209DW
- Reported as
- Osprey 2
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Truax
N209DWRegistration cancelled Oct 26, 1984 · Wilson J Dale OSPREY-2Airframe modelWilson J Dale OSPREY-2
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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.