- Date
- August 21, 1971
- Place
- Peachtree City, GA · PEACHTREE CITY, GA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3606DCessna 310
- Status
- Completed · report February 3, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 79563
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0023 71/8/21 PEACHTREE CITY,GA CESSNA 310 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 308 TIME - 0900 N3606D PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 113 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - FALCON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEACHTREE CITY,GA JACKSONVILLE,FLA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY SECURED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNDER TORQUED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- PLT LOST ELEVATOR CTL. RET,LND OK. 2 BOLTS AND NUTS FOUND IN AFT FUSELAGE. OTHER BOLT WAS LOOSE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3606D
- Reported as
- Cessna 310
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Falcon
N3606DRegistration cancelled Sep 22, 2008 · Cessna 310Airframe modelCessna 310Engine modelContinental O-470 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.