- Date
- June 4, 1978
- Place
- Chattanooga, TN · CHATTANOOGA, TN
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8929CPiper PA-32R
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 140451
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0017 78/6/4 CHATTANOOGA,TN PIPER PA-32R CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 50, 379 TIME - 1930 N8929C PX- 0 0 1 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - LOVELL FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHATTANOOGA,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: INCORRECT FACTORY INSTALLATION AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED REMARKS- NUT MISSING FROM RETENTION CLAMP ON UPPER HINGE BRACKET ON RUDDER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8929C
- Reported as
- Piper PA-32R
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Lovell Field
N8929CRegistration cancelled Oct 6, 2011 · Piper PA-32R-300Airframe modelPiper PA-32R-300Engine modelLycoming TI0-540 series
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.