ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 19869
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| Date: | Friday 23 May 2008 |
| Time: | 11:33 |
| Type: | Aviate Raptor |
| Owner/operator: | private |
| Registration: | N74TK |
| MSN: | AR00037 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 132 hours |
| Engine model: | Rotax 503 DCDI |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | about a half-mile from U.S. 17 in Bealeton, Virginia -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Warrenton, VA (7VG0) |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
After takeoff the pilot performed turns in both directions before continuing in a southeast direction. Global Positioning System data recovered from the accident aircraft revealed that while flying on nearly a constant heading, the airplane decelerated 36 miles-per-hour in a 6 second period. One witness heard a sputtering sound from the engine and several observed the aircraft descending steeply before it collided with trees. Another witness thought she saw a partially deployed parachute trailing from the steeply descending aircraft, but examination of the wreckage revealed the on-board ballistic parachute deployed on tree contact, and not prior to the initial upset. A snap hook utilized to secure the nose wires to the attach point of the nose hinge was not attached at either end, and was not located; however, this did not appear to be related to the accident for neither the crossbar nor the hinge displayed compression damage consistent with the snap hook separating in flight. Examination of the engine revealed no evidence of preimpact failure or malfunction.
Probable Cause: An in-flight loss of control for undetermined reasons.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 23-May-2008 23:15 | Fusko | Added |
| 27-Jul-2008 08:29 | Steve Beste | Updated |
| 27-Jul-2008 23:04 | harro | Updated |
| 10-Aug-2009 23:12 | harro | Updated |
| 10-Aug-2009 23:16 | harro | Updated |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:14 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:16 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 21-Dec-2016 19:20 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
| 03-Dec-2017 10:51 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
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