- Date
- April 20, 1966
- Place
- Douglas, AZ · DOUGLAS, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N86462Douglas C47A
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172353
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0214 66/4/20 DOUGLAS ARIZ DOUGLAS C47A CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1505 N86462 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY 55, 15000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 10560 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOUGLAS-BISBEE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP LDG.RUDDER CONTROLS EXCEEDED RIGGING TOLERANCE CAUSED RUDDER TO LOCK-UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N86462
- Reported as
- Douglas C47A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Douglas-Bisbee
N86462Registration cancelled May 15, 2013 · Douglas DC3CAirframe modelDouglas DC3CEngine modelPratt & Whitney R-1830 series
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.