Runway excursion Accident Van's RV-7 N282DL,
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ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 147230
 
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Date:Saturday 28 July 2012
Time:13:00
Type:Silhouette image of generic RV7 model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Van's RV-7
Owner/operator:Private
Registration: N282DL
MSN: 72821
Total airframe hrs:272 hours
Engine model:Mattituck TMX IO-360
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Category:Accident
Location:Columbus, IN (KBAK) -   United States of America
Phase: Take off
Nature:Private
Departure airport:Columbus, IN (BAK)
Destination airport:Mocksville, NC (8A7)
Investigating agency: NTSB
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
About midpoint in the takeoff roll, the airplane veered sharply to the left before exiting the runway and coming to rest upright. Postaccident examination of the airplane revealed that the right main landing gear attach bolt had sheared and failed. The failed bolt was lost during shipment to the NTSB’s materials laboratory; consequently, the reason for the bolt failure could not be determined.
Probable Cause: The failure of the right main landing gear attach bolt for undetermined reasons because the bolt was not received for examination.

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: NTSB
Report number: CEN12LA494
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 6 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

NTSB

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Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
31-Jul-2012 06:32 gerard57 Added
31-Jul-2012 08:44 Geno Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative]
05-Sep-2016 04:13 junior sjc Updated [Source, Narrative]
07-Sep-2016 06:13 junior sjc Updated [Narrative]
07-Sep-2016 07:30 junior sjc Updated [Narrative]
21-Dec-2016 19:28 ASN Update Bot Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]
06-Nov-2017 08:11 junior sjc Updated [Location, Nature, Destination airport, Narrative]
27-Nov-2017 20:56 ASN Update Bot Updated [Aircraft type, Operator, Other fatalities, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]

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