- Date
- September 6, 1971
- Place
- Santa Paula, CA · SANTA PAULA, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5444Dehavilland DH 82A
- Status
- Completed · report May 22, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164326
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3838 71/9/6 SANTA PAULA,CALIF DEHAVILLAND DH 82A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 39, 888 TIME - 1400 N5444 PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 22 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA PAULA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA PAULA,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- RUDDER JAMMED IN L TURN POS.RUDDER CABLE BLOCK SUSPECTED BUT NOT CONFIRMED.HALF OF BLOCK MISSING.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5444
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH 82A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Paula
N5444Registered now · Dehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82AAirframe modelDehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82AEngine modelDehav ENG GIPSY MAJOR
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