ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 267436
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| Date: | Monday 6 September 2021 |
| Time: | 10:30 LT |
| Type: |  SlipStream Genesis |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N105BJ |
| MSN: | 058 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1996 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 536 hours |
| Engine model: | Subaru EA-81 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Fairmont Municipal Airport (FRM/KFRM), MN -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Fairmont, MN |
| Fairmont, MN | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot and passenger were conducting a local personal flight in the experimental amateur-built airplane. While on the base leg of the traffic pattern, the engine's drive belt failed and was ejected from the airplane. During the ensuing forced landing, the pilot allowed the airspeed to decay, and the airplane experienced an aerodynamic stall and descended into trees, which resulted in substantial damage to the wings, fuselage, and empennage. The airplane's maintenance records revealed that the drive belt was last replaced about 20 years ago. The pilot had completed a maintenance inspection about 2 months before the accident and a preflight inspection before the flight; he did not notice anything wrong with the drive belt during the inspections. There were no other mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed during a forced landing, which resulted in the airplane exceeding its critical angle of attack and a subsequent aerodynamic stall. Contributing to the accident was the loss of power due to the failure of the engine's drive belt.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN21LA401
FAA register: https://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/Search/NNumberResult
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Sep-2021 19:48 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 07-Sep-2021 22:46 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 08-Sep-2021 05:57 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type] |
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