- Date
- December 11, 1966
- Place
- Yuma, AZ · YUMA, AZ
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5596HPiper PA-20
- Status
- Completed · report April 3, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 119909
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4109 66/12/11 YUMA ARIZ PIPER PA-20 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 36, 83 TOTAL TIME - 0200 N5596H PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 34 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - YUMA INTL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT AIRFRAME - WINGS: SKIN AND ATTACHMENTS AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: WINDSHIELDS,WINDOWS,CANOPIES AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS - FOREIGN MATERIAL AFFECTING NORMAL OPERATIONS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ACFT ENTERED SPIN DURING TURN.TORN FABRIC FROM WINGS CAUSED LOSS OF CONTROL EFFECTIVENESS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5596H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-20
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Yuma Intl
N5596HRegistration cancelled Jan 14, 2023 · Piper PA-20Airframe modelPiper PA-20Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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