- Date
- June 12, 1970
- Place
- Ontario, CA · ONTARIO, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N74PClaplane FC-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 118457
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2545 70/6/12 ONTARIO,CALIF CLAPLANE FC-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 42, 523 TIME - 1347 N74P PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 488 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ONTARIO INTL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CORONA,CALIF ONTARIO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: ROLL GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER FACTOR(S) WEATHER - UNFAVORABLE WIND CONDITIONS WEATHER BRIEFING - NO RECORD OF BRIEFING RECEIVED WEATHER FORECAST - FORECAST SUBSTANTIALLY CORRECT SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED 2500 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE RELATIVE BEARING OF WIND NONE RIGHT QUARTERING HEAD WIND 023-067 DEGREES TEMPERATURE-F WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES 66 310 WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 19 VFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- R RUDDER CABLE ATTACH BRACKET FAILED AT WELD. QUARTERING X-WIND GUSTING TO 19K. ACFT TURNED OVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N74P
- Reported as
- Claplane FC-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ontario Intl
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