- Date
- April 14, 1968
- Place
- Pipersville, PA · PIPERSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N50998Ryan PT-22
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- Case key
- 81278
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1594 68/4/14 PIPERSVILLE,PA RYAN PT-22 CR- 2 0 0 INSTRUCTIONAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1455 N50998 PX- 0 0 0 DUAL 39, 12892 TOTAL HOURS, 4 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VAN SANT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FRAYED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION REMARKS- LFT RUDDER CABLE BROKEN IN AREA DAMAGED BY WEAR.ACFT ANNUAL INSP 12-21-67.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N50998
- Reported as
- Ryan PT-22
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Van Sant
N50998Registration cancelled May 13, 1969 · Ryan Aeronautical ST3KRAirframe modelRyan Aeronautical ST3KR
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.