ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 40940
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Date: | Wednesday 5 November 1986 |
Time: | 14:14 |
Type: | Grumman G-164A Ag-Cat |
Owner/operator: | Rosie O'grady's |
Registration: | N711WW |
MSN: | 1448 |
Total airframe hrs: | 2120 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Orlando, FL -
United States of America
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Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Banner and glider towing |
Departure airport: | Orlando, FL (ORL) |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:WHILE THE PLT WAS MAKING A BANNER PICK-UP, WITNESSES SAW THE ACFT ENGAGE THE BANNER & ENTER A CLIMB. THE PLT RELEASED THE BANNER, THEN THE ACFT MUSHED INTO A PARTIALLY BUILT HANGAR, CRASHED & BURNED. THE PLT, WHO WAS ON FIRE, EXITED THE RGT CANOPY HATCH. BYSTANDERS & airport CRASH RESCUE PERSONNEL EXTINGUISHED THE FLAMES, BUT LATER AFTER BEING HOSPITAL- IZED, THE PLT DIED FROM THE BURNS. THE PROP GOVERNOR WAS FOUND TO BE SET AT ABOUT 1600 RPM. THE RECOMMENDED RPM FOR BANNER PICK-UP WAS 2200 RPM. CAUSE:
Sources:
NTSB:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20001213X35215 Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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