ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 200190
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| Date: | Wednesday 4 October 2017 |
| Time: | 11:08 |
| Type: | Fisher Horizon 2 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N428AP |
| MSN: | 001 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2016 |
| Engine model: | Subaru EA81 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | near Flying Cloud Airport (KFCM), Hennepin County, Minnesota -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Initial climb |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Eden Prairie, MN (FCM) |
| Eden Prairie, MN (FCM) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The private pilot built the airplane over a 24-year period; the accident occurred on the airplane's first flight after the pilot completed building it. The pilot aborted the first takeoff attempt for unknown reasons. During the second takeoff, the airplane was struggling to gain altitude, pitching up and down, and banking. Several witnesses reported hearing "good" engine sounds. Just before the impact, the airplane was in a steep nose-down, left descending spiral before it descended below the trees, followed by a plume of black smoke.
The airplane's wooden structure was mostly destroyed by impact forces and postimpact fire. Portions of the flight control systems were found in the wreckage; however, it could not be determined if they were installed and rigged properly due to the amount of damage. Witnesses reported hearing the engine operating, and postaccident engine examination did not reveal evidence of any mechanical malfunctions or failures that would have precluded normal operation. Therefore, it is unlikely that the airplane experienced a loss of engine power.
The pilot did not have any flight experience in the accident make and model airplane. Further, he had only flown for 4.8 hours in the 12 months before the accident flight. Although it is likely that the pilot's lack of recent flight experience and time in the airplane's make and model played a role in the accident, investigators were unable to determine the cause of the accident due to thermal damage to the airplanes flight controls.
Probable Cause: An inflight loss of control and collision with terrain for undetermined reasons after a thorough examination of the airplane's flight controls was unable to confirm control continuity. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's lack of experience in the accident make and model airplane and his lack of recent flight experience.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
FAA register: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=428AP
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 04-Oct-2017 17:16 | Captain Adam | Added |
| 04-Oct-2017 17:21 | Captain Adam | Updated [Aircraft type, Source, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2017 17:23 | harro | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Location, Departure airport, Damage] |
| 04-Oct-2017 17:56 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Narrative] |
| 04-Oct-2017 19:28 | Geno | Updated [Registration, Cn, Phase, Source, Narrative] |
| 05-Oct-2017 11:38 | Iceman 29 | Updated [Source, Embed code] |
| 14-Apr-2019 17:12 | Captain Adam | Updated [Time, Operator, Location, Nature, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 15-Jul-2019 18:07 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Time, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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