- Date
- November 3, 1977
- Place
- Thomas, OK · THOMAS, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N4833RCessna A188B
- Status
- Completed · report January 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771103037869A
- Case key
- 144681
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3763 77/11/3 NR.THOMAS,OK CESSNA A188B CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1415 N4833R PX- 0 0 0 EXPERIMENTATION AGE UNK/NR, 8735 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION THOMAS,OK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- WINGS,AELERONS,FLAPS MODIFIED BY OPERATOR.AILERONS HAD NO COUNTERWEIGHTS,NOT BALANCED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4833R
- Reported as
- Cessna A188B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- 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.
Other investigations on N4833R · 1
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