ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 165222
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| Date: | Friday 4 April 2014 |
| Time: | 16:20 |
| Type: | Team Tango Tango 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Helpling Helen C |
| Registration: | N599WT |
| MSN: | T021 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 12 hours |
| Engine model: | Lycoming IO-360 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Ocala Int'l Airport-Jim Taylor Field (KOCF), Ocala, FL -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Ocala, FL (OCF) |
| Ocala, FL (OCF) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Witnesses reported that the engine sounded smooth and continuous at “full” power throughout the takeoff. After the airplane climbed to about 20 ft above the runway, the left canopy suddenly “popped open” and began “flapping up and down.” The pilot reported that, in response, she reduced the engine power. The airplane then began “porpoising” before it entered a steep left bank and subsequently impacted grass on the left side of the runway in a left-wing-low attitude. The pilot egressed and then crawled away from the airplane and awaited assistance. The airplane was consumed by a postcrash fire.
The left canopy was found separated from the airplane outside the fire area. The handle was found in the “open” position. The pilot reported no mechanical deficiencies with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation. She stated that, although she had used a checklist during her preflight and pretakeoff activities, which included a checklist item to ensure the security of the canopy, she “could never know” if she had failed to secure the canopy latch or if the latch had somehow malfunctioned. Fire damage to the canopy frame and latch point in the fuselage precluded a determination of what caused the left canopy to open in flight.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to maintain airplane control after the left cockpit canopy opened during takeoff for reasons that could not be determined due to fire damage.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=599WT
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Apr-2014 22:43 | Geno | Added |
| 04-Apr-2014 22:57 | Geno | Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Source, Damage, Narrative] |
| 04-Apr-2014 23:15 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 15-Apr-2014 05:02 | Geno | Updated [Time, Aircraft type, Nature, Source] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:28 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 29-Nov-2017 14:01 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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