ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 163575
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| Date: | Saturday 25 January 2014 |
| Time: | 15:15 |
| Type: | Airtime Cygnet |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N440LS |
| MSN: | H20041 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Engine model: | Rotax 582UL |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Chehalis-Centralia Airport (KCLS), Chehalis, WA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Chehalis, WA (CLS) |
| Toledo, OR (5S4) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that, just after liftoff from the runway, the trike began to pull “hard” to the left. The pilot then looked to the left and saw the left wing flapping. He subsequently performed a modified traffic pattern to return to the runway to land. After turning onto the final leg of the traffic pattern, the trike began to oscillate, but the pilot was able to land the trike. As soon as the trike touched down on the runway, the left wing “grabbed,” and the trike flipped over and then came to rest on its left side. The pilot reported that the trike lost the left wing prong after takeoff, and a responding police officer found a piece of the left wing prong near the runway departure point. The loss of the wing prong likely led to the left wing flapping after departure and the pilot’s subsequent inability to maintain directional control after landing.
Probable Cause: The failure of the left wing prong.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=N440LS
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 28-Jan-2014 06:03 | Geno | Added |
| 11-Feb-2014 19:49 | Geno | Updated [Time, Phase, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 13:21 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
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