ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 236677
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Date: | Monday 18 March 2019 |
Time: | c. 09:30 |
Type: | Robinson R22 Beta II |
Owner/operator: | Dunhuang Feitian General Aviation |
Registration: | B-70JQ |
MSN: | 4696 |
Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Dunhuang County-Level City, Jiuquan, Gansu Province -
China
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Training |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | CAAC |
Confidence Rating: | Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
Narrative:Crashed on a dune, immediately killing both occupants. While examining the wreckage, investigators discovered that the mixture control handle was pulled out by crew, and the protection cap for the mixture control handle was missing.
Probable cause: INADVERTENT ACTUATION OF MIXTURE CONTROL IN FLIGHT AND THE SUBSEQUENT ENGINE FAILURE. SPECIAL AERODYNAMIC CHARACTERISTICS AT HIGH ELEVATION REDUCED THE TIME AVAILABLE TO THE CREW TO REACT TO AND RECOVER FROM STALL.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | CAAC |
Report number: | |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
CAAC (Gansu)
http://www.rotorspot.nl/historic/b-1.php Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
03-Jun-2020 09:58 |
harro |
Added |
15-Jun-2023 07:30 |
RDV |
Updated |
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