- Date
- November 17, 1971
- Place
- No.Atlantic Ocean (Atlantic Ocean) · NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN, AO
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6021CLockheed 749A
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 164457
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3533 71/11/17 NO.ATLANTIC OCEAN LOCKHEED 749A CR- 0 0 3 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - UNK/NR N6021C PX- 0 0 0 CORP/EXEC 62, 19700 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 2790 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JUAN,PR MIAMI,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DETERIORATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- SECTION OF RUDDER FORMER AND FABRIC SEPARATED IN FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6021C
- Reported as
- Lockheed 749A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
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