ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 2731
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| Date: | 25-OCT-1971 |
| Time: | 18:20 |
| Type: |  Rockwell Commander 112 |
| Owner/operator: | North American Rockwell |
| Registration: | N112AC |
| MSN: | 1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Albany, GA -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Albany Airport, GA (ABY/KABY) |
| Albany Airport, GA (ABY/KABY) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
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 Kimberland, 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.
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] |
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