ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 296755
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| Date: | Monday 19 August 2002 |
| Time: | 10:10 LT |
| Type: |  Cessna 172P |
| Owner/operator: | Grandview Photos |
| Registration: | N381J |
| MSN: | 17274183 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1980 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 9829 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-320-D25 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Buffalo City, Wisconsin -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Unknown |
| Nature: | Executive |
| Departure airport: | Buffalo City, WI |
| Winona Municipal-Max Conrad Field, MN (KONA) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported his seat slid rearward during a takeoff from a gravel road, resulting in a loss of directional control. The aircraft veered off the road and went down an embankment. The seat and its positioning system were examined. The unintentional rearward movement of the seat, as described by the pilot, could not be duplicated. The seat moved freely along the seat tracks, with the latch pins engaging the pinholes. The seat could be twisted (racked) resulting in the outboard latch pin engaging a pinhole and the failure of the inboard latch pin to engage a pinhole. If the seat was displaced in the forward direction, both latch pins engaged a pinhole.
Probable Cause: The malfunction of the seat positioning system for undetermined reasons, which resulted in the loss of directional control. A factor to the accident was the descending embankment.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CHI02LA255
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Oct-2022 10:25 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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