- Date
- June 30, 1966
- Place
- Buffalo, NY · BUFFALO, NY
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8638EWhitman W-8
- Status
- Completed · report August 23, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 170902
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1825 66/6/30 BUFFALO NY WHITMAN W-8 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 58, 800 TIME - 1556 N8638E PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 260 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BUFFALO INTERNATI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- BOLT CONNECTING ELEVATOR PUSH PULL ROD AT CONTROL STICK FELL OUT, NOT SAFETIED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8638E
- Reported as
- Whitman W-8
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Buffalo Internati
N8638ERegistration cancelled Nov 14, 2012 · Whittman Tailwind W-8Airframe modelWhittman Tailwind W-8Engine modelContinental C90 series
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Other investigations on N8638E · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.