Accident
Last updated: 23 May 2013
| Status: | Definitief |
| Datum: | 03 FEB 1993 |
| Tijd: | 13:27 EST |
| Type: | Lockheed L-100-20 Hercules |
| Luchtvaartmaatschappij: | Lockheed |
| Registratie: | N130X |
| Constructienummer: | 4412 |
| Bouwjaar: | 1971 |
| Aantal vlieguren: | 6708 |
| Motoren: | 4 Allison 501-M71K |
| Bemanning: | slachtoffers: 7 / inzittenden: 7 |
| Passagiers: | slachtoffers: 0 / inzittenden: 0 |
| Totaal: | slachtoffers: 7 / inzittenden: 7 |
| Schade: | Vernield |
| Gevolgen: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Plaats: | Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA (MGE) (Verenigde Staten)
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| Fase: | Taxi (TXI) |
| Soort vlucht: | Test |
| Vliegveld van vertrek: | Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA (MGE/KMGE), Verenigde Staten |
| Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA (MGE/KMGE), Verenigde Staten |
The Lockheed engineering testbed was used to evaluate the fly-by-wire rudder actuator and the ground minimum control speed (VMCG). During the final high-speed ground test-run, the aircraft accidentally veered left and became airborne. The Hercules climbed to 250 feet and crashed.
PROBABLE CAUSE: "Disengagement of the rudder fly-by-wire flight control system resulting in a total loss of rudder control capability while conducting ground minimum control speed tests. The disengagement was a result of the inadequate design of the rudder's integrated actuator package by its manufacturer; the operator's insufficient system safety review failed to consider the consequences of the inadequate design to all operating regimes. A factor which contributed to the accident was the flight crew's lack of engineering flight test training." Bronnen:
» Flight International 6-12.4.94(12)
» Air Safety Week 8.2.1993 (p. 4, 5)
» Flight International 10-16.2.93(6)
» ICAO Adrep Summary 1/95
» NTSB Safety Recommendation A-94-101
» Scramble 165
Foto's
KAF-318 sold the plane to Lockheed in May 1983.
Kaart
Deze kaart geeft het vliegveld van vetrek weer en de geplande bestemming van de vlucht. De lijn tussen de vliegvelden geeft niet de exacte vliegroute weer.
De afstand tussen Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA en Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA bedraagt NAN km (NAN miles).
De afstand tussen Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA en Marietta-Dobbins AFB, GA bedraagt NAN km (NAN miles).
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.
