Accident · 2003-09-27
What the record says
- Event date
- 2003-09-27
- Event type
- Accident
- Highest injury level
- Minor injury
- Aircraft
- Sherman Holie Freebird (NUNREG)
- Operating rule
- Part 103
- Operator
- operator not named in the NTSB record
Probable cause
The failure of the aileron control rod, and subsequent loss of control in-flight.
Source: NTSB case ATL03LA150Flight crew
Flight-crew details for this event aren't in the NTSB database extract we hold (its coverage starts with 2008 events) — a gap in our data, not an absence of crew.
Facts as the NTSB records them — GroundCheck adds no judgement. Preliminary records may be revised as the investigation proceeds.