- Date
- May 27, 1965
- Place
- Springfield, MO · SPRINGFIELD, MO
- Injuries
- 4 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N42LZLockheed L-18
- Status
- Completed · report November 5, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178217
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0560 65/5/27 NR.SPRINGFIELD MO LOCKHEED L-18 CR- 0 0 2 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1406 N42LZ PX- 0 0 2 CORP/EXEC 50, 12000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 3400 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: HOLDING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: RUDDER SURFACES,ATTACHMENTS EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- TOP RIGHT RUDDER HINGE PIN FAILED, TOP PART OF RUDDER AND STABILIZER SEPERATED-HINGE PIN LOST.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N42LZ
- Reported as
- Lockheed L-18
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage