- Date
- July 8, 1979
- Place
- Mesa, AZ · MESA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N3586Pietenpol Aircam
- Status
- Completed · report October 26, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790708026449A
- Case key
- 134777
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2126 79/7/8 NR.MESA,AZ PIETENPOL AIRCAM CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 33, 498 TIME - 1915 N3586 PX- 1 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MESA,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE REMARKS- ELEV PUSH-PULL CONTROL BELL CRANK MOUNTING STEEL TUBE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3586
- Reported as
- Pietenpol Aircam
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Falcon
N3586Registration cancelled Dec 28, 1981 · Nickerson-Pietenpol AIR CAMPER NFLAirframe modelNickerson-Pietenpol AIR CAMPER NFL
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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.