Incident Overview
Date: Tuesday 4 September 1962
Aircraft Type: Lockheed 18-56-24 Lodestar
Owner/operator: Ashland Oil and Refining Company
Registration Number: N1000F
Location: near Lake Milton, OH –
ÿ United States of America
Phase of Flight: En route
Status: Destroyed, written off
Casualties: Fatalities: 13 / Occupants: 13
Component Affected: Electric elevator trim tab unitElectric elevator trim tab unit
Investigating Agency: CABCAB
Category: Accident
At approximately 19:51, Lodestar N1000F contacted Buffalo Tower for taxi instructions and was cleared to runway 13. Subsequently, the flight was cleared for takeoff. Lodestar N1000F departed Buffalo at 19:59 and operated to the vicinity of Youngstown, Ohio. It reported over Youngstown at 20:51, reaching the Briggs VOR at 21:09. Before reaching the VOR, the aircraft lost its right wing in flight, crashed and burned in a field. The probable cause was a malfunction of the electric elevator trim tab unit, leading to aircraft uncontrolability and subsequent structural failure of the wing.At approximately 19:51, Lodestar N1000F contacted Buffalo Tower for taxi instructions and was cleared to runway 13. Subsequently, the flight was cleared for takeoff. Lodestar N1000F departed Buffalo at 19:59 and operated to the vicinity of Youngstown, Ohio. It reported over Youngstown at 20:51, reaching the Briggs VOR at 21:09. Before reaching the VOR, the aircraft lost its right wing in flight, crashed and burned in a field. The probable cause was a malfunction of the electric elevator trim tab unit, leading to aircraft uncontrolability and subsequent structural failure of the wing.
Description
At approximately 19:51, Lodestar N1000F contacted the Buffalo Tower for taxi instructions and was cleared to runway 13, and shortly thereafter the flight was cleared for takeoff. N1000F departed Buffalo at 19:59. The flight operated routinely to the vicinity of Youngstown, Ohio. It reported over Youngstown at 20:51 at 8,000 feet, estimating arrival over the Briggs VOR at 21:09. Before reaching the VOR however, the aircraft lost its right wing in flight, crashed and burned in a field. PROBABLE CAUSE: “The Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was a malfunction of the electric elevator trim tab unit which resulted in aircraft uncontrollability and subsequent structural failure of the wing.”
Primary Cause
Malfunction of the electric elevator trim tab unitMalfunction of the electric elevator trim tab unitShare on:
