Accident · substantial damage
May 20, 1982 · Cincinnati, OHTHE FORE AND AFT CYCLIC CONTROL LINKAGE TUBE BECAME DISCONNECTED IN FLIGHT. AN EMERGENCY DESCENT, USING COLLECTIVE "S" TURNS TO REDUCE AIRSPEED WAS PERFORMED. THE PILOT INTENTIONALLY COLLIDED WITH TREES DURING THE FORCED LANDING TO CUSHION THE FALL. INVESTIGATION REVEALED THE CYCLIC PIVOT BOLT WAS MISSING P/N AN-174-15.
- Damage
- Substantial
- Injuries
- Minor
- Report
- CHI82DA176
From NTSB records; matched by serial number.Read NTSB report (search CAROL for CHI82DA176)