- Date
- July 9, 1982, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Andover, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2343Breezy RL4-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820709026459A
- Case key
- 69779
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During flt the plt felt something snap or break on the acft. The control wheel movement for the aileron became exceedingly harder to move & the acft started to flutter in an up & down motion. He reduced power to slow the flutteringaction, but was not able to maintain altitude, an emergency landing was made on a golf course & the acft rolled into a sand trap. Investigation revealed that the upper left longeron located near the rear plt's seat was broken & the tubing split. It had failed just behind the rear seat at the tubing cluster weld. The crack started at the rear edge of the cluster weld in the area which showed the most heat penetration of the base metal then progressing around the tube.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2343
- Reported as
- Breezy RL4-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 83532
- Airframe hours
- 653
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 140 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Frank Vogt
- Registered owner
- Frank Vogt
- Departed
- Tewksbury, MA
- Destination
- North Hampton, NH
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 17
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 147 total · 14 in this make and model · 72 as pilot in command · 37 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 290° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 16 statute miles
- Temperature
- 176 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N2343 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.