- Date
- March 20, 1969
- Place
- Rapidan, VA · RAPIDAN, VA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6788PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report October 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185241
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2427 69/3/20 RAPIDAN,VA PIPER PA-24 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 638 TIME - 1041 N6788P PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ORANGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LANCASTER,PA SAVANNAH,GA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LATERAL IMBALANCE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LOOSE,PART/FITTING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- UNBALANCED STABILATOR CAUSED FLUTTER,LOWER CONTROL PULLY FAILED,LOOSE CABLE,STABILATOR TIPS FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6788P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Orange
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