- Date
- January 22, 1977
- Place
- Walls, MS · WALLS, MS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8DWDehavilland OHC-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 26, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770122001219A
- Case key
- 156912
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0667 77/1/22 WALLS,MS DEHAVILLAND OHC-1 CR- 0 1 0 INSTRUCTIONAL STUDENT, AGE 34, 120 TIME - 1400 N8DW PX- 0 0 0 TRAINING TOTAL HOURS, 14 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TWINKLETOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WALLS,MS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: FINAL APPROACH PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: FLAP ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CORRODED/CORROSION MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- L FLAP INBOARD HINGE BKN.HINGE RUSTED,SLACK IN CABLE ALLOWED BOTH FLAPS TO RETRACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8DW
- Reported as
- Dehavilland OHC-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Twinkletown
N8DWRegistered now · Dehavilland DHC-1Airframe modelDehavilland DHC-1Engine modelLycoming IO-540 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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.