- Date
- June 7, 1975
- Place
- Ocean Isle, NC · OCEAN ISLE, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6849PPiper PA-24
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750607017749A
- Case key
- 149084
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2716 75/6/7 OCEAN ISLE,NC PIPER PA-24 CR- 0 0 2 INSTRUCTIONAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1522 N6849P PX- 0 0 0 DUAL AGE 26, 2743 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 94 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OCEAN ISLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OCEAN ISLE,NC SALISBURY,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE WHEELS-UP LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTENTIONAL WHEELS-UP EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- R WING AILERON CABLE BKN DUE TO CORROSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6849P
- Reported as
- Piper PA-24
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ocean Isle
N6849PRegistered now · Piper PA-24-250Airframe modelPiper PA-24-250Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N6849P · 1
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