- Date
- November 16, 1975
- Place
- Gastonia, NC · GASTONIA, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N87505Republic RC-3
- Status
- Completed · report December 3, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751116038359A
- Case key
- 151796
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3522 75/11/16 GASTONIA,NC REPUBLIC RC-3 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1115 N87505 PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 56, 25000 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GAINESVILLE,GA CHARLOTTE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- A PUSH ROD P/N 1219 IN ELEV CONTROL SYS DISCONNECTED FM CONTROL WHEEL COLUMN LWR QUAD P/N 1223.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87505
- Reported as
- Republic RC-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N87505Registration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Republic RC-3Airframe modelRepublic RC-3Engine modelFranklin 6A8 series
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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.