- Date
- April 11, 1979
- Place
- Raeford, NC · RAEFORD, NC
- Injuries
- 10 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N361FFairchild PC-6C
- Status
- Completed · report May 8, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790411008819A
- Case key
- 144037
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0012 79/4/11 RAEFORD,NC FAIRCHILD PC-6C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, TIME - 2130 N361F PX- 0 0 9 OTHER UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RAEFORD,NC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BOGUS PART FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- BOLT SPECIFIED HAS NF THREAD.BOLT FOUND WITH ELEVATOR HAD NC THREAD.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N361F
- Reported as
- Fairchild PC-6C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
N361FRegistered now · Fairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/C-H2Airframe modelFairchild Heli-Porter PILATUS PC6/C-H2Engine modelAiResearch 331 SER 605HP
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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.
Other investigations on N361F · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.