ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 327572
| Date: | Sunday 21 August 1983 |
| Time: | 18:32 |
| Type: |  Lockheed 18 Learstar II |
| Owner/operator: | Landry Aviation |
| Registration: | N116CA |
| MSN: | 18-2472 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1943 |
| Engine model: | Wright R-1820-76B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 11 / Occupants: 26 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Stanwood, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Parachuting |
| Departure airport: | Arlington Municipal Airport, WA (AWO/KAWO) |
| Arlington Municipal Airport, WA (AWO/KAWO) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
At 12,500 feet over the drop zone 16 parachutist exited the plane. Then the aircraft lost control and three jumpers hit the stabilizer. The aircraft crashed in a near vertical descent. Investigation revealed the centre of gravity was behind the aft limit for takeoff and the jump. The elevator trim actuator was found in a position for full nose-up trim.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "The failure of the operator and the pilot-in-command to assure proper load distribution during the jumper exit procedure. A more intensive program of surveillance by the Federal Aviation Administration may lead to the detection and elimination of some of the factors in the accident."
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
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