- Date
- May 30, 1979
- Place
- Shelbyville, NC · SHELBYVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N87280Cessna 402
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79570
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0015 79/5/30 SHELBYVILLE,NC CESSNA 402 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1200 N87280 PX- 0 0 2 COMMUTER AIR CARRIER 34, 4500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-NONE OT- 0 0 0 AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D 1200 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED CHARLOTTE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE INSPECTION OF AIRCRAFT (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM REMARKS- ELEVATOR TRIM TAB ACTUATOR FAILED.CORRODED THREADS,ROLLED PEAKS ON THREADS.51HRS SINCE LAST 100HR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87280
- Reported as
- Cessna 402
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- No damage