- Date
- April 13, 1971
- Place
- Morristown, NJ · MORRISTOWN, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N1516WM-Saulnier MS894A
- Status
- Completed · report July 27, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 161339
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5-0043 71/4/13 MORRISTOWN,NJ M-SAULNIER MS894A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE UNKNOWN, AGE TIME - 0930 N1516W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR, UNK/NR TOTAL DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, UNK/NR IN TYPE, UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT NAME OF AIRPORT - MORRISTOWN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MORRISTOWN,NJ UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: RUN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - BENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - PREVIOUS DAMAGE REMARKS- ELEV BELLCRANK FOUND DEFORMED DUE CTL STICK BEING PREVIOUSLY SECURED IN REARWARD POSITION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1516W
- Reported as
- M-Saulnier MS894A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Morristown
N1516WRegistration cancelled Jun 30, 2009 · S.O.C.A.T.A. MS894AAirframe modelS.O.C.A.T.A. MS894AEngine modelFranklin 6A-350SER
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.