ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 175382
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| Date: | Monday 13 April 2015 |
| Time: | 18:00 |
| Type: |  Cessna 162 Skycatcher |
| Owner/operator: | Smc Aviation Inc |
| Registration: | N30283 |
| MSN: | 16200094 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2011 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 119 hours |
| Engine model: | Continental O-200D |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Westmoreland Airport (49NY), Shelter Island, NY -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Shelter Island, NY (PVT) |
| Farmingdale, NY (FRG) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot reported that he conducted a preflight inspection, including a flight control check, and taxied the airplane to the runway for takeoff. After he took off from the turf runway, the light-sport airplane immediately began banking right, and the right aileron did not respond to control inputs. The airplane subsequently impacted trees and terrain before coming to rest near the runway. Witness reports and photographs indicated that the airplane became airborne about midfield of the 1,400-ft-long runway and corroborated that the airplane then banked right before impacting terrain.
Examination of the airframe revealed no evidence of preaccident malfunction or failure, and flight control continuity was confirmed. During an engine test run, the engine started and operated normally. Although the right aileron control cable located behind the cockpit instrument panel was found separated, the cable exhibited tensile overload signatures consistent with impact damage. Further, given that the pilot reported that he checked the flight controls before departure, the flight control cable likely fractured due to tensile overload during impact. Based on the evidence indicating that the airplane immediately banked right after takeoff and then descended to impact, it is likely that the pilot did not maintain adequate airspeed and exceeded the airplane’s critical angle-of-attack, which resulted in in an aerodynamic stall.
Probable Cause: The pilot's failure to attain adequate airspeed after takeoff and his exceedance of the airplane’s critical angle-of-attack during the initial climb, which resulted in an aerodynamic stall at too low an altitude to recover.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=30283
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 14-Apr-2015 01:15 | Geno | Added |
| 14-Apr-2015 01:23 | Geno | Updated [Source] |
| 14-Apr-2015 16:19 | gerard57 | Updated [Date] |
| 01-May-2015 23:43 | Geno | Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:30 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 01-Dec-2017 13:02 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
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