- Date
- April 5, 1966
- Place
- Edwards Afb, CA · EDWARDS AFB, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7845YPiper PA-30
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 172016
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4405 66/4/5 EDWARDS AFB,CALIF PIPER PA-30 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 32, 4955 TIME - 1310 N7845Y PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 26 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION EDWARDS AFB,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED OR KNOWN AIRCRAFT DAMAGE REMARKS- FUSELAGE FLEX,THIN WALL TORQUE TUBE,STABILATOR BALANCE 59IN LBS CAUSED STABILATOR FLUTTER BLO VNE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7845Y
- Reported as
- Piper PA-30
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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