Status: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Datum: | donderdag 14 januari 1965 |
Tijd: | 12:08 |
Type: | Lockheed 18 Learstar I |
Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Burroughs Corp. |
Registratie: | N512V |
Constructienummer: | 18-2580 |
Bouwjaar: | 1943 |
Aantal vlieguren: | 7877 |
Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 2 / inzittenden: 2 |
Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
Totaal: | slachtoffers: 2 / inzittenden: 2 |
Schade: | Afgeschreven |
Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
Plaats: | Detroit-Willow Run Airport, MI (YIP) ( Verenigde Staten)
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Fase: | Nadering (APR) |
Soort vlucht: | Training |
Vliegveld van vertrek: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW), Verenigde Staten |
Vliegveld van aankomst: | Detroit-Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, MI (DTW/KDTW), Verenigde Staten |
Beschrijving:The Lodestar pilots were cleared for an approach to Detroit-Willow Run Airport runway 05R. While on final approach the crew indicated that they were going around. Immediately after pulling up the aircraft entered a steep left turn, pitching slightly nose down. The left wing of the airplane struck the ground 919 feet left of and 1900 feet beyond the end of the runway. The aircraft crashed and burned 474 feet further on.
Right flap cable failed during flap retraction. Crashed.
Probable Cause:
PROBABLE CAUSE: "A split-flap condition resulting from failure of the right flap retract cable caused by cable misalignment"
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This information is not presented as the Flight Safety Foundation or the Aviation Safety Network’s opinion as to the cause of the accident. It is preliminary and is based on the facts as they are known at this time.