- Date
- August 23, 1973
- Place
- Homer, NY · HOMER, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N31JTJeanies Teenie
- Status
- Completed · report October 4, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730823027439A
- Case key
- 189299
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2334 73/8/23 HOMER,NY JEANIES TEENIE CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 41, TIME - 1830 N31JT PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMER,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: RUDDER AND RUDDER TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNQUALIFIED PERSON OPERATED AIRCRAFT REMARKS- ROD END BEARING ATTACH PUSH-PULL TORQUE TUBE TO RUDDER CTL HORN FAILED.ACFT & PLT UNCERTIFICATED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31JT
- Reported as
- Jeanies Teenie
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Bero
N31JTRegistration cancelled Oct 18, 1973 · Tucker JEANIES TEENIE TWOAirframe modelTucker JEANIES TEENIE TWO
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.