- Date
- July 29, 1973
- Place
- Santa Susan, CA · SANTA SUSAN, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N522RDehavilland DH82A
- Status
- Completed · report October 2, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730729023499A
- Case key
- 201636
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2245 73/7/29 SANTA SUSAN,CALIF DEHAVILLAND DH82A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 2500 TIME - 1230 N522R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1200 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SANTA SUSANA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA PAULA,CALIF SANTA SUSAN,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INTERFERENCE WITH FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN REMARKS- RUDDER BAR ARM WEDGED IN FUSELAGE SLOT,RESTRICTED MOVEMENT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N522R
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DH82A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Santa Susana
N522RRegistered now · Dehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82AAirframe modelDehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82AEngine modelDehav ENG GIPSY MAJOR
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.