ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 346224
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| Date: | Monday 28 August 2023 |
| Time: | 14:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bellanca 7ECA Citabria |
| Owner/operator: | Presley Aviation LLC |
| Registration: | N8679V |
| MSN: | 1093-75 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1975 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 3506 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-235-C1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Hopkinsville Christian County Airport, KY (KHVC) -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Hopkinsville Christian County Airport, KY (KHVC) |
| Union City-Everett-Stewart Airport, TN (UCY/KUCY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot stated that, before departing in his tailwheel-equipped airplane, a U.S. Army CH-47 heavy-lift helicopter departed and proceeded upwind. When the helicopter was established on the downwind leg of the traffic pattern, the pilot initiated his takeoff. At 40 ft above ground level in the initial climb, the airplane “hit the helicopter's rotor wash' which rolled the airplane “about 135 degrees to its right.' The pilot was able to level the wings before the airplane touched down in low brush to the right of the runway and came to rest near the airport boundary fence. The airplane sustained substantial damage to the main landing gear support structure and the pilot deplaned uninjured. The pilot reported there were no mechanical malfunctions or anomalies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Probable Cause: The pilot's inadvertent encounter with helicopter wake turbulence during initial climb, which resulted in a loss of airplane control.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB ERA23LA353
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Dec-2023 10:59 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Other fatalities, Phase, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2023 11:01 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Departure airport, Narrative] |
| 22-Dec-2023 11:01 | harro | Updated [Other fatalities, Location] |
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