ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2731
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Date: | Monday 25 October 1971 |
Time: | 18:20 |
Type: | Rockwell Commander 112 |
Owner/operator: | North American Rockwell |
Registration: | N112AC |
MSN: | 1 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Albany, GA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Take off |
Nature: | Test |
Departure airport: | Albany Airport, GA (ABY/KABY) |
Destination airport: | Albany Airport, GA (ABY/KABY) |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:The Aero Commander 112 prototype crashed during a maximum velocity dive test. The tail section failed and the aircraft subsequently disintegrated.
The test pilot, Ralph D. Kimberlin, escaped by parachute when the aircraft started to disintegrate but his flight-test observer was killed.
The accident led to design changes to the tail.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | MIA72FKG50 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 4 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=61905&key=0 https://www.flightglobal.com/FlightPDFArchive/1971/1971%20-%202386.PDF Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
25-Feb-2008 12:00 |
ASN archive |
Added |
08-Sep-2018 19:35 |
harro |
Updated [Phase, Nature, Source, Narrative] |
08-Sep-2018 19:41 |
harro |
Updated [Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative] |
03-May-2023 06:07 |
Anon. |
Updated [[Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative]] |
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