- Date
- April 18, 1982, 13:30 local (19:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Worth, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N1350de Havilland DH-82A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 18, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820418010379A
- Case key
- 70717
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The pilot stated that an examination of the throttle linkage friction system revealed that the throttle jammed in the idle power range. The pilot stated in the accident report that a modification to the friction bearings on the throttle cross shaft linkage be made.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1350
- Reported as
- de Havilland DH-82A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- A17-604
- Airframe hours
- 2,387
- Engine
- Bristol GYPSY MAJOR 1, 112 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Terry L. Riney
- Registered owner
- Terry L. Riney
- Departed
- F71 · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- F71 · Fort Worth, TX
- Airport
- F71 · Luck Field, runway 17, 2,800 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 1,388 total · 64 in this make and model · 1,248 as pilot in command · 277 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 167 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.