- Date
- July 16, 1967
- Place
- Minersville, PA · MINERSVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1112YCougar I
- Status
- Completed · report October 12, 1967
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 115490
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2363 67/7/16 MINERSVILLE,PA COUGAR I CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 37, 620 TIME - 1630 N1112Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TROPP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED LANDING: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: SUBSTANDARD QUALITY CONTROL AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - POOR WELD REMARKS- ELEVATOR CONTROL HORN FAILED ADJACENT TO WELD.PLT UNABLE TO FLARE ACFT FOR LDG.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1112Y
- Reported as
- Cougar I
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tropp
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