ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 293202
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| Date: | Thursday 11 August 2005 |
| Time: | 12:59 LT |
| Type: |  SIAI-Marchetti SF.260D |
| Owner/operator: | Air Combat Usa, Inc. |
| Registration: | N402FD |
| MSN: | 767 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 6872 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-540-E4AS |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Redding, California -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | Fullerton Municipal Airport, CA (FUL/KFUL) |
| Redding Airport, CA (RDD/KRDD) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The airplane's canopy separated from the cockpit during the landing descent, and substantially damaged the empennage. The pilot indicated that he had not experienced any malfunction with the canopy's operation when he initiated the flight, and that the latch was in the closed position when the separation occurred. A subsequent search for the separated canopy was unsuccessful. An examination of the airplane revealed that the leading edge of the left horizontal stabilizer was crushed inward over approximately a 1-foot-long span. Also, the leading edge of the vertical stabilizer was similarly crushed in an aft direction. This was the first flight following the company's removal and reinstallation of a serviceable canopy. The company mechanics suggested that they may not have verified that the canopy's locking pins were positively engaged in the support lugs on the airframe during reinstallation of the canopy.
Probable Cause: the company maintenance personnel's failure to follow a prescribed canopy installation procedures.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB LAX05LA266
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 09-Oct-2022 17:18 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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