ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 38649
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| Date: | Friday 26 April 1996 |
| Time: | 08:15 LT |
| Type: |  Helio H-295 Super Courier |
| Owner/operator: | Randall K. Hames |
| Registration: | N700HC |
| MSN: | 1474 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 2421 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming TIO-540-J2B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Gaffney, SC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | |
| Cheraw, SC (47J) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During takeoff, the aircraft veered to the right and went off of the airstrip about 300 feet from the departure end, then it continued on a course parallel to the airstrip. The aircraft was reported to be in a tail-high, nose-low attitude, and the propeller was striking the ground. The aircraft was estimated to be traveling at about 89 knots at that time. Subsequently, the aircraft collided with a berm and became airborne, then it collided with trees and crashed into a ditch at the end of the airstrip. A postcrash fire erupted and further damaged the aircraft. Postcrash examination of the aircraft structure and engine did not show evidence of a precrash failure or malfunction; except during a check of the flight controls, the remains of a drywall screw were found in the control lock hole on the control column. This screw was locking the controls in an aircraft nose-down attitude. Members of the pilot's family and the mechanic, who maintained the aircraft, identified the drywall screw as the device used by the pilot to lock the controls on the ground.
Probable Cause: failure of the pilot to remove the control lock during the preflight, and his failure to check the flight controls before taking off.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB MIA96FA130
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 18 October 1984 | N700HC | Edward Francis | 0 | Livingston, MT | |
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 24-Oct-2008 10:30 | ASN archive | Added |
| 26-Nov-2010 13:10 | TB | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:23 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 09-Apr-2024 07:18 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, Category, Accident report] |
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