NYC69I0081

NTSB incident investigation · Dehavilland DHC-6 · Red Bank, NJ · February 12, 1969

Incident · No injuriesClosed
Date
February 12, 1969
Place
Red Bank, NJ · RED BANK, NJ
Injuries
4 uninjured
Damage
No damage
Phase of flight
Enroute
Aircraft
N376MADehavilland DHC-6
Status
Completed · report April 10, 1969
Report
Brief approved by the director
Case key
191283

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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.

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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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5-0001  69/2/12    RED BANK,NJ         DEHAVILLAND DHC-6   CR-  0  0  2  COMMERCIAL                CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE
        TIME - 1515                    N376MA              PX-  0  0  2  COMMUTER AIR CARRIER      UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL
                                       DAMAGE-NONE         OT-  0  0  0  AIR TAXI-PASSG S-D        HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE,
                                                                                                   UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED.
        CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           MISCELLANEOUS                                            IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE
        EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING ON AIRPORT
                                  PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM
                                  SUSPECTED MECHANICAL DISCREPANCY
        REMARKS- ELEVATOR PULLEY BRACKET FAILED,RESTRICTING ELEVATOR TRAVEL. SAFE LNDG MADE.

Aircraft

Registration
N376MA
Reported as
Dehavilland DHC-6
Category
Airplane
Engine
turbo prop
Damage
No damage

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.