- Date
- May 16, 1983, 12:10 local (16:10 UTC)
- Place
- Robbinsville, NJ
- Injuries
- 3 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N821BEBeech BE60
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830516074209A
- Case key
- 35045
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Analysis
The acft was structurally damaged during recovery from a descending right spiral that occurred as the flt passed thru flt level 190. As the plt recvd from the descending spiral the inboard and outboard aileron hinge rivets were sheared. The altitude deviation occurred in IMC weather. An emergency was declared with ATC. Vectors were provided to jfk aprt for a VFR landing. The flt landed without further incident. The plt reported that as the acft climbed through 19000FT at 100 KTS a loud bank was heard and the acft started shaking. The plt disengaged the autoplt and lowered the nose. He stated the acft entered a right descending spiral. He could not move the aileron and recovered with rudder and elevator. The right aileron rod and hinges were examined and the failures were found to be shear from ductile overload. The failed rivets met specifications for hardness tests.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N821BE
- Reported as
- Beech BE60
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- P-593
- Airframe hours
- 51
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-541-E1A4, 380 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Business · Part 91
- Registered owner
- 110 Leasing, Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- FRG · Farmingdale, NY
- Destination
- IND · Indianapolis, IN
- Flight plan
- IFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 41
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 535 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Day
- Wind
- 360° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 48 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JFK, 40 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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