- Date
- July 22, 1969
- Place
- Seattle, WA · SEATTLE, WA
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N3940Beech A35
- Status
- Completed · report March 12, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167369
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3225 69/7/22 SEATTLE,WASH BEECH A35 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 52, 1133 TIME - 0900 N3940 PX- 0 0 1 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 840 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BOEING DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SEATTLE,WASH SEATTLE,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED TAKEOFF: ABORTED PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: AILERON AND AILERON TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE (MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- BOTH AILERONS OPERATED IN SAME DIRECTION. TEST HOP AFTER MAJOR RE-WORK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3940
- Reported as
- Beech A35
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Boeing