- Date
- July 29, 1986, 12:41 local (17:41 UTC)
- Place
- Eden Prairie, MN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N202SHSamuel R. Hoskins Q-200
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860729036329A
- Case key
- 13331
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Aircraft was being test flown following ground adjustment of rudder control cables. During the flight rudder control was lost when rudder bearing blocks detached from their mounting surfaces. Pilot was unable to maintain directional control during landing rollout and nosed over during brake application.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N202SH
- Reported as
- Samuel R. Hoskins Q-200
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 2614
- Airframe hours
- 16
- Engine
- Continental O-200, 105 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Samuel R. Hoskins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- FCM · Flying Cloud
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
- 36
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 538 total · 15 in this make and model · 15 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 77 °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.
Other investigations on N202SH · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.