- Date
- June 30, 1973
- Place
- Dyersburg, TN · DYERSBURG, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2153PPiper PA-23
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730630017509A
- Case key
- 189743
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1677 73/6/30 DYERSBURG,TENN PIPER PA-23 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N2153P PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 42, 1197 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 49 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DYERSBURG MUN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PENSACOLA,FLA DYERSBURG,TENN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- RUDDER TRIM TAB HORN ATTACHMENT POINT FAILED IN FLIGHT,PERMITTED RUDDER TO OSCILLATE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2153P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-23
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Dyersburg Mun
N2153PRegistration cancelled Jun 17, 2013 · Piper PA-23Airframe modelPiper PA-23Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N2153P · 1
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