Russell ACRO MR3 N3MR
26 April 1986 · Clio, South Carolina, United States · No injuries
Summary
On 26 April 1986 at about 16:45 local time, a Russell ACRO MR3 registered N3MR was involved in an accident near Clio, South Carolina, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 16:45
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Clio, South Carolina, United States
- Nearest airport
- Clio Corp Care (9W9)
- Coordinates
- 34.5697, -79.5404
- Aircraft
- Russell ACRO MR3
- Registration
- N3MR
- Category
- Airplane
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Part 91: General Aviation
- Purpose of flight
- Personal
- Phase of flight
- Not recorded
- Route
- Raleigh → Unknown
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Day
- NTSB number
- ATL86LMG06
People
Nobody was injured.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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
THE PLT REPORTED THAT THE HOME-BUILT ACFT EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF AILERON CONTROL DURING LNDG. HE CONTINUED THE LNDG, USING THE RUDDER AND THROTTLE TO CONTROL THE ACFT. THE ACFT HIT A TREE-TOP ADJACENT TO THE RWY AND CRASHED INTO A PLOWED FIELD NEXT TO THE ARPT. SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE ACFT BEGAN BURNING AND WAS TOTALLY DESTROYED. THE CAUSE OF THE REPORTED AILERON MALFUNCTION COULD NOT BE DETERMINED DUE TO THE FIRE DAMAGE.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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