- Date
- June 1, 1965
- Place
- Tulare, CA · TULARE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7WWatson W8L
- Status
- Completed · report July 8, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 177798
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1101 65/6/1 TULARE CALIF WATSON W8L CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 530 TIME - 0845 N7W PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 25 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TULARE AIRPARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: POOR/INADEQUATE DESIGN EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND LATERAL CONTROL PROBLEM PITCH CONTROL PROBLEM REMARKS- AILERON & ELEVATOR CONTROL YOKE PULLED LOOSE, NO AILERON CONTROL, PARTIAL ELEVATOR CONTROL AVAILBL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7W
- Reported as
- Watson W8L
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tulare Airpark
N7WRegistered now · Watson Tailwind W8-LAirframe modelWatson Tailwind W8-LEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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