- Date
- December 27, 1976
- Place
- Verlot, WA · VERLOT, WA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N33589Piper PA-34
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19761227040229A
- Case key
- 156626
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3834 76/12/27 VERLOT,WA PIPER PA-34 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1145 N33589 PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 32, 1470 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 95 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RENTON,WA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES: HORIZONTAL STABILIZER, ATTACHMENTS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FLUTTER FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- FLUTTER CLRNC FLT TEST.BREAK-UP AT 250MPH IMMED AFTER ELEVATOR DOWN-PULSE.ROBERTSON MODIFICATIONS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N33589
- Reported as
- Piper PA-34
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.