- Date
- July 14, 1974
- Place
- Tehachapi, CA · TEHACHAPI, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N41BCFokker DR-1
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740714021789A
- Case key
- 128163
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1871 74/7/14 TEHACHAPI,CALIF FOKKER DR-1 CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 525 TIME - 1410 N41BC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TEHACHAPI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TEHACHAPI,CALIF LA VERNE,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- RUDDER POST FAILED ABOVE UPPER HINGE.RUDDER FOLDED TO HORIZ POS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41BC
- Reported as
- Fokker DR-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tehachapi
N41BCRegistration cancelled Jun 4, 2012 · Conatser FOKKER DR-1Airframe modelConatser FOKKER DR-1Engine modelContinental R670-SERIES 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.