ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 40808
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Date: | Sunday 1 August 1993 |
Time: | 20:55 LT |
Type: | Glasair II RG |
Owner/operator: | Dutton, Howard W. |
Registration: | N92T |
MSN: | 1 |
Total airframe hrs: | 110 hours |
Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mt. Pleasant, IA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:Witnesses observed the homebuilt airplane maneuvering. They observed the nose to pitch up and the airplane to enter a steep nosedown attitude with counter-clockwise rotation. Coincident with the pitch-up maneuver there was a popping sound from the airplane and engine sounds ceased. Just prior to impact high level engine sounds returned.
Probable Cause: the pilot-in-command's not maintaining aircraft control.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | CHI93DCD03 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 11 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB CHI93DCD03
Location
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
10-Apr-2024 12:03 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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