- Date
- May 19, 1968
- Place
- Long Beach, CA · LONG BEACH, CA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5348HPiper PA-16
- Status
- Completed · report July 29, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 110238
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1621 68/5/19 LONG BEACH,CALIF PIPER PA-16 CR- 0 0 2 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1053 N5348H PX- 0 0 0 MAPPING/PHOTO AGE 53, 12000 TOTAL DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 350 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONG BEACH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- ELEVATOR CONTROL CABLES REVERSED DURING RECENT MODIFICATION TO CAMERA MOUNT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5348H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-16
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Long Beach
N5348HRegistration cancelled Apr 9, 2013 · Piper PA-16Airframe modelPiper PA-16Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.