Accident · 1992-09-13

NTSB case CHI92DEC04 · TENNESSEE ENGINEERING & MANF Z-MAX · Part 91

What the record says

Event date: 1992-09-13
Event type: Accident
Highest injury level: Serious injury
Aircraft: TENNESSEE ENGINEERING & MANF Z-MAX (NUNREG)
Operating rule: Part 91
Operator: CHARLES E BAKER III Operator named in NTSB report
Operated by (per NTSB report): CHARLES E BAKER III

Probable cause

AN INADEQUATE DESIGN OF THE RUDDER CONTROL SYSTEM BY THE PILOT/BUILDER OF THE AIRPLANE, A PULLUP PERFORMED BY THE PILOT, AND A TOTAL FAILURE OF THE RUDDER FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEM.

Source: NTSB case CHI92DEC04

Flight 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.

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