- Date
- September 8, 1972
- Place
- Ontario, OR · ONTARIO, OR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N6887ZPiper PA-25
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168166
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3788 72/9/8 ONTARIO,OREG PIPER PA-25 CR- 0 0 1 COMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0815 N6887Z PX- 0 0 0 CTR CARGO-D AGE 26, 995 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 520 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ONTARIO TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION MISCELLANEOUS IN FLIGHT: FLAREOUT FOR SWATH RUN COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: ELEVATOR ASSEMBLY,ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVER TORQUED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED REMARKS- BOLT AND NUT OVER TORQUED,CAUSED FAILURE OF TURNBUCKLE IN UP ELEVATOR CTL,LOSS OF ELEVATOR CTL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6887Z
- Reported as
- Piper PA-25
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ontario
N6887ZRegistration cancelled Jul 28, 2005 · Piper PA-25-235Airframe modelPiper PA-25-235Engine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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.
Other investigations on N6887Z · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.