- Date
- August 15, 1975
- Place
- Columbia, SC · COLUMBIA, SC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N33BRDehavilland DHC-1B
- Status
- Completed · report December 4, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750815026799A
- Case key
- 150515
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3287 75/8/15 COLUMBIA,SC DEHAVILLAND DHC-1B CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 45, 4000 TIME - 1700 N33BR PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 500 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COLUMBIA,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - FUSELAGE: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- FUSELAGE BUCKLED AFT OF WG TRAILING EDGE. ELEV RENDERED INOP. PLT USED ELEV TRIM FOR LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33BR
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-1B
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N33BRRegistered now · Dehavilland DHC-1B-2-S3Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-1B-2-S3Engine modelLycoming GO-480 series
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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.
Other investigations on N33BR · 1
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