- Date
- August 20, 1967
- Place
- Friendship, MD · FRIENDSHIP, MD
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N39LBeech E18S
- Status
- Completed · report November 7, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79365
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2841 67/8/20 FRIENDSHIP,MD BEECH E18S CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 39, 7543 TIME - 1807 N39L PX- 0 0 6 AIR TAXI-PASSG TOTAL HOURS, 237 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - WRONG PART REMARKS- L.ELEV.TRIM TAB CONTROL ROD FAILED DUE IMPROPER SIZE RIVET.INBD 10 INS OF TAB SEPARATED IN FLITE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39L
- Reported as
- Beech E18S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Friendship Intl