ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 357791
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| Date: | Thursday 8 February 1996 |
| Time: | 12:00 LT |
| Type: | Masnic SKY HOPPER II |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N2795 |
| MSN: | M3577 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 38 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming O-290 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Edgewood, NM -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | (NM51) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
During the takeoff roll to the east, the experimental homebuilt airplane veered to the left of the runway. The pilot applied right rudder and brake; however, the airplane did not respond. The pilot reported the winds varied from 6 to 8 mph from the northeast through the northwest with 'occasional northerly gust' to 15 mph. A rudder modification by the pilot increased the surface area by 170 square inches. Following the modification, the pilot had flown the airplane 38.06 hours, and he considered the 'rudder authority as fairly good.' The pilot recalled that several weeks before the current accident he had applied full right rudder during a takeoff with a 'varying crosswind.' He reported that 'he was probably operating the [modified] rudder at the limit of its design capacity in [the] gust.'
Probable Cause: the pilot exceeding the airplane's crosswind component which led to his inability to compensate for the crosswind conditions. A factor was the gusty winds.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB FTW96LA112
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 14-Mar-2024 06:39 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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