- Date
- April 27, 1978
- Place
- Flatwoods, LA · FLATWOODS, LA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Uncontrolled descent
- Aircraft
- N250UAAero Comdr 1121A
- Status
- Completed · report April 16, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780427044619A
- Case key
- 141605
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4470 78/4/27 NR.FLATWOODS,LA AERO COMDR 1121A CR- 2 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1548 N250UA PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 52, 20000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 ALL IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAFAYETTE,LA TULSA,OK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LOSS OF CONTROL OCCURRED AFTR LEAVING FL230 FOR FL350.GENERAL DISINTEGRATION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N250UA
- Reported as
- Aero Comdr 1121A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.