ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 284339
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| Date: | Sunday 2 September 2007 |
| Time: | 08:15 LT |
| Type: |  Rutan VariEze |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N547DB |
| MSN: | 1272001 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 583 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200-B |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Tooele, Utah -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Kanab Municipal Airport, UT (KKNB) |
| Tooele-Bolinder Field Tooele Valley Airport, UT (KTVY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot said that as he approached his destination, he noticed a large thunderstorm over the airport. He said that his wingman elected to land, but radioed back to him that it was very bumpy. The pilot said that his first two attempts at landing ended with go-arounds due to severe turbulence. On his third attempt, he lost engine power and selected a field for a forced landing. During the forced landing, he encountered severe wind shear (downdraft) on two occasions. During his landing flare, the airplane's main landing gear impacted a ditch and separated from the fuselage. Photographs of the wreckage indicate that the outboard right wing skin had delaminated from the spar and both wing root areas exhibited visible cracks in the upper wing skin. An aerospace engineer from the National Transportation Safety Board said the cracks above the main spar carry through structure indicate hidden damage in the spar. A Federal Aviation Administration inspector and the pilot examined the airplane in the field. They identified no abnormalities with the engine; the reason for the loss of engine power was not determined.
Probable Cause: The loss of engine power for an undetermined reason. Contributing factors were the lack of suitable terrain for the forced landing and the wind shear conditions encountered during the forced landing attempt.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB SEA07LA276
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 30-Sep-2022 15:14 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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