- Date
- July 21, 1968
- Place
- Vancouver, WA · VANCOUVER, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N18008Commonwlth 9000
- Status
- Completed · report February 5, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 108653
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4260 68/7/21 VANCOUVER,WASH COMMONWLTH 9000 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 53, 610 TIME - 1538 N18008 PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 4 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - EVERGREEN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (OWNER PERSONNEL) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - CROSSED PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- ELEVATOR CONTROLS INSTALLED IN REVERSE BY PLT/OWNER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18008
- Reported as
- Commonwlth 9000
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Evergreen
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