- Date
- October 26, 1984, 17:40 local (21:40 UTC)
- Place
- Allegan, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4919CLight Aero Avid Flyer 1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841026061369A
- Case key
- 12944
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Plt stated he noted a momentary flutter in the right flaperon while in cruise at 80 KTS. He then heard a bang and looking at right wing, observed at least two of the outboard flaperon hinge attachments had broken. The acft then entered a 30-degree right bank and descending turn at a descent rate of 700-800 fpm. While manuvering to avoid obstacles by use of left rudder in a forced landing attempt, plt pulled the nose up to clear a fence, the acft stalled and mushed into a fld nosing over upon touchdown on the right wing tip and right main gear. Reason flaperon hinge failure was not determined.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4919C
- Reported as
- Light Aero Avid Flyer 1 (AVID FLYER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 38
- Airframe hours
- 74
- Engine
- Cuyuna 430, 43 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- William E. Ashley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 35D · Allegan, MI
- Airport
- 35D · Padgham
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 184 total · 74 in this make and model · 154 as pilot in command · 77 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Dawn
- Wind
- Variable at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.