ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 46347
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| Date: | Tuesday 28 September 1999 |
| Time: | 17:50 |
| Type: |  NZAI Fletcher FU-24-950 |
| Owner/operator: | S P Fouhy |
| Registration: | ZK-DLS |
| MSN: | 182 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Location: | Raetihi, Whanganui -
 New Zealand
|
| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Agricultural |
| Departure airport: | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
The aircraft was taking off on the final sowing sortie, after which the pilot was to return to home base. The pilot reported that, on the takeoff roll, the engine appeared to overspeed and that the aircraft failed to get airborne. It subsequently sank into a shallow gully off the end of the strip. After the accident, one propeller blade was found to be free to rotate about its feathering axis. Metallurgical analysis indicated that the pitch change knob on the subject blade failed as the result of ductile overload. A second pitch change knob was also bent and cracked but had not separated from the blade. The overload sustained by the pitch change knobs was determined to have occurred at impact, not in flight. No reason was established for the failure to become airborne.
Sources:
1. CAA NZ Occurrence reference 99/2831.
2. CAA NZ, "Vector", Jan-Feb 2002.
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Nov-2008 10:35 | ASN archive | Added |
| 06-Feb-2010 23:06 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn] |
| 23-Apr-2010 02:12 | TB | Updated [Aircraft type] |
| 11-Dec-2010 16:46 | TB | Updated [Phase] |
| 17-Feb-2022 13:10 | Ron Averes | Updated [Aircraft type, Location, Source] |
| 17-Feb-2022 13:24 | Ron Averes | Updated [Source] |
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