ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200471
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| Date: | Thursday 19 October 2017 |
| Time: | 08:34 |
| Type: |  Lancair Legacy 2000 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N259L |
| MSN: | L2K-180 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2005 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 399 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360-C1D6 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Cochise County, SW of Wilcox, AZ -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | En route |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Aguila, AZ (27AZ) |
| Uvalde, TX (UVA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot had planned to make a 745-nautical mile (nm) cross-country flight. A flight plan found in the wreckage indicated the pilot's intention to fly to the southeast and reach two checkpoints along the route of flight. Radar data revealed that, after the airplane reached the first planned checkpoint, the radar returns were equidistant as the airplane continued flying to the southeast. The last minute of radar data showed that the airplane descended about 2,300 ft while northwest of the second planned checkpoint, with the last radar return off the anticipated route. A witness located near the accident site stated that he observed the airplane circling toward the ground. The wreckage was found 17 nm northwest of the second planned checkpoint.
A postaccident examination of the wreckage revealed no evidence of any mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Numerous pieces of windscreen and airplane were examined by the Smithsonian Institution's Feather Identification Lab. Of the 38 microslides that were prepared, 6 microslides contained bird feather fragments. Thus, given these results as well as the airplane's rapid descent from cruise flight, it is likely that a bird impacted the windscreen and caused the pilot to lose control of the airplane. It could not be determined from the available evidence if the bird strike hindered the pilot's ability to maneuver controls and/or incapacitated the pilot. The type of bird could also not be determined.
Probable Cause: An in-flight loss of control due to a bird strike.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=259L
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Sheriff's Office: 1 killed in plane crash in Cochise County, USA https://t.co/nXdVsp3D8o via @tucsonstar pic.twitter.com/Zwj4u2jpeu
— Planes Of Legend (@PlanesOfLegend) 20 octobre 2017
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 19-Oct-2017 18:16 | Geno | Added |
| 19-Oct-2017 18:39 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Embed code] |
| 20-Oct-2017 02:11 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 20-Oct-2017 11:41 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Time, Nature, Source, Embed code, Photo, ] |
| 22-Apr-2020 16:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Cn, Operator, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Embed code, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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