De Havilland DH 82A N5444

6 September 1971 · Santa Paula, California, United States · Minor injuries

Summary

On 6 September 1971 at about 14:00 local time, a De Havilland DH 82A registered N5444 was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Santa Paula, California, United States. 2 people were on board and one had minor injuries. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 6 September 1971 at 14:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Santa Paula, California, United States
Nearest airport: Santa Paula
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: De Havilland DH 82A
Registration: N5444
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3838

People

1 person had minor injuries.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
2	0	0	1	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

RUDDER JAMMED IN L TURN POS.RUDDER CABLE BLOCK SUSPECTED BUT NOT CONFIRMED.HALF OF BLOCK MISSING.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-3838, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
20 Jun 1971	De Havilland DH 82A N40DH	Southbridge, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
19 Sep 1972	De Havilland DH-82A N5676	Santa Paula, California, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
12 Jun 1973	De Havilland DH 82A N41DH	Fremont, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
23 May 1975	De Havilland DH 82A N8223	Tewksbury, Massachusetts, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
10 Aug 1975	De Havilland DH-82A N9TM	Otisville, Michigan, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
5 Nov 1978	De Havilland DH-82A N90406	No.hampton, New Hampshire, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1

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