# NTSB Accident MIA01LA213
> **Avid Aircraft Mk-4** · 2001-08-09 · Salisbury, NC, USA · SERS
## Event
- **NTSB number:** MIA01LA213
- **Event ID:** 20010815X01689
- **Type:** Accident
- **Date:** 2001-08-09
- **Location:** Salisbury, NC, USA
- **Coordinates:** 35.659378, -80.48069
## Injuries
- **Highest injury:** SERS
- **Fatal:** 0
- **Serious:** 1
- **Minor:** 0
- **Uninjured:** 0
- **Total aboard:** 1
## Aircraft
- **Make:** Avid Aircraft
- **Model:** Mk-4
- **Registration:** N567SM
- **FAR Part:** 091
- **Engines:** —
- **Damage:** SUBS
## Conditions
- **Light:** DAYL
- **Weather:** VMC
## Probable cause

,	An aileron control system failure during climb due to an improper welded installation by the aircraft homebuilder, resulting in an inflight loss of lateral control, and an inflight collision with the terrain during an uncontrolled descent and landing.

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