- Date
- May 12, 1991, 19:20 local (23:20 UTC)
- Place
- Cooperstown, NY
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N198WCTierra II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 7, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910512015459A
- Case key
- 36926
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Probable cause
The mechanical failure of the flight control system, which resulted in a a loss or airplane control and subsequent forced landing in trees.
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.
Analysis
The homebuilt airplane had just completed a stall maneuver, when the rudder attachment broke. The propeller struck the broken attachment and the engine quit. The pilot was unable to control the airplane and crashed in trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N198WC
- Reported as
- Tierra II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- unknown, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- William Curry
- Registered owner
- William Curry
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
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.