- Date
- August 21, 1967
- Place
- Colton, CA · COLTON, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N93585Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report November 20, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 114071
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2979 67/8/21 COLTON,CALIF ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 52, 280 TIME - 2000 N93585 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 128 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MORROW TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: AILERON SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- BOLT P/N 41552117-26,WHICH SECURED AILERON CABLES TO BELL CRANK AT CENTER OF YOKE, FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N93585
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Morrow
N93585Registration cancelled Jan 4, 1971 · Engineering & Research 415-CAirframe modelEngineering & Research 415-C
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