ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 354502
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| Date: | Saturday 9 May 1998 |
| Time: | 15:00 LT |
| Type: |  Bede BD-5B |
| Owner/operator: | Eller Construction, Inc. |
| Registration: | N194EC |
| MSN: | 1994 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12 hours |
| Engine model: | Suzuki 635CC |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Falcon, CO -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Unknown |
| Departure airport: | (00V) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
While on a local test flight, the aircraft developed a violent vibration and the canopy partially separated causing control of the aircraft to be reduced. To prevent a stall the pilot had to maintain an exaggerated nose down attitude with the aircraft and conducted a full stall hard landing short of the runway. Postcrash examination revealed that one of the wooden propeller blades had cracked. The examination did not provide any evidence that would have caused the blade strike, weakness in the wood, or inadequate laminate bonding.
Probable Cause: The vibration induced overload failure of the canopy holdback fitting resulting in reduced control capability. A factor was partial failure of one propeller blade for unknown reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW98LA211
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 11-Mar-2024 15:13 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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