- Date
- November 1, 1986, 10:00 local (15:00 UTC)
- Place
- Selkirk, NY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N6552RBeech 19
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861101052719A
- Case key
- 30553
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Flight control,aileron tab - separationCause
Flight control,aileron attachment - movement restrictedCause
Maintenance,lubrication - inadequateCause
Loss of control - in flight
Spiral - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Pilot attempted a landing without left aileron control. The aircraft turned right then went into an uncontrollable slow spiral to the ground. The failed control rod end bearings showed evidence during post acc invest that they had not been lubricated for a long time. One control rod p.n 169-524035-3 was found separated at the p/n 169-3880082-3.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6552R
- Reported as
- Beech 19
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- MB-733
- Airframe hours
- 1,750
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E3D, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Aloysius L. Hofaker
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 29, 1986
- Departed
- So. Albany, NY
- Airport
- 4B0 · So. Albany, runway 19, 2,810 × 22 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 65
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 907 total · 170 in this make and model · 170 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.