Narrative:
The third Let L-410UVP prototype crashed when the tail broke off in flight.
The limits were exceeded when the test pilot tested the rudder very insensitively.
Loss of control
» Stan Zemlicka (E-mail, 27-2-2011)
» Vaclav Kudela
| Status: | |
| Date: | Thursday 7 July 1977 |
| Type: |  Let L-410UVP |
| Operator: | Let |
| Registration: | OK-162 |
| MSN: | X03 |
| First flight: | |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 4 / Occupants: 4 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Aircraft fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | near Nedakonice ( Czech Republic)
|
| Phase: | Unknown (UNK) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Uherské Hradite-Kunovice Airport (UHE/LKKU), Czech Republic |
| Uherské Hradite-Kunovice Airport (UHE/LKKU), Czech Republic |
The third Let L-410UVP prototype crashed when the tail broke off in flight.
The limits were exceeded when the test pilot tested the rudder very insensitively.
Classification:
Tail failureLoss of control
Sources:
» Petr Viskot (e-mail 23-4-2016)» Stan Zemlicka (E-mail, 27-2-2011)
» Vaclav Kudela
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