- Date
- May 12, 1981
- Place
- Unity, ME · UNITY, ME
- Injuries
- 8 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N386EXDehavilland DHC-6
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810512057909I
- Case key
- 125392
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4-0015 81/5/12 UNITY,ME DEHAVILLAND DHC-6 CR- 0 0 2 SCHED DOM PASSG SRV AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 0930 N386EX PX- 0 0 6 30, 7041 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 3629 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. CLASSIFIED AS INCIDENT OPERATOR - AIR NEW ENGLAND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATERVILLE,ME BOSTON,MA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: CLIMB TO CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MISSING MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - VIBRATION,EXCESSIVE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND AIRFRAME BUFFET REMARKS- SVR VIB,LOST EL CTL/TRIM.TRIM TAB BLT,AN23-15,MSG,EL TORQUE TUBE BLT,AN175-27A,FAILED FM FATIGUE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N386EX
- Reported as
- Dehavilland DHC-6
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- turbo prop
- Damage
- Minor damage
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.