- Date
- June 6, 1975
- Place
- Bowling Green, KY · BOWLING GREEN, KY
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N551XCessna 320B
- Status
- Completed · report July 18, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750606021409A
- Case key
- 149350
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1657 75/6/6 BOWLING GREEN,KY CESSNA 320B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 48, 6732 TIME - 1354 N551X PX- 0 0 3 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 262 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOWLING GREEN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOWLING GREEN,KY CHICAGO,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY REMARKS- ELEV PUSH-PULL ROD ATTACH RIVETS FAILED.PLT ABLE STABILIZE ACFT IN PITCH MODE THRU ELEV TRIM.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N551X
- Reported as
- Cessna 320B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bowling Green
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.