- Date
- April 18, 1980
- Place
- Tonopah, AZ · TONOPAH, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N87351Erco 415-C
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800418010539A
- Case key
- 130620
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3708 80/4/18 NR.TONOPAH,AZ ERCO 415-C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 1830 N87351 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 49, 8000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2000 IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TONOPAH,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: NOSEWHEEL STEERING SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- PLT RAMMED RUDDER,AILERON HARD TO ENTER SPIN.NOSE GR STEERING PUSH ROD BEARING HOUSING FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N87351
- Reported as
- Erco 415-C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N87351 · 1
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