ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 285637
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| Date: | Saturday 30 August 2008 |
| Time: | 15:20 LT |
| Type: |  de Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth |
| Owner/operator: | Frank Dale Grubbs & Kenneth B Carpenter |
| Registration: | N80660 |
| MSN: | 82473 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 24 hours |
| Engine model: | De Havilland GIPSY MAJOR |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Seymour Air Park, Sevierville, Tennessee -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Seymour Air Park, Sevierville, Tennessee (TN20) |
| Knoxville, TN (TN98) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
De Havilland DH.82A Tiger Moth MSN 82473: Sold 5.5.96 by Donald A Bunn/Bunn Aviation Pty Ltd, Albury, NSW to Ed Clark Junior/Moth Aircraft Co, Hawthorne, CA and shipped as "basket case" to USA. Sold 3.6.2003 to Harry Schoning (for $1,100!). Registered N80660 (registration reserved 22.8.2003) 16.12.03 to Harry Schoning, Palm Desert, CA. Sold 25.2.2004 and re-registered 25.7.2007 to Frank Dale Grubbs & Kenneth B Carpenter, Knoxville, TN; rebuilt and first re-flown 29.4.2008 painted in De Havilland School of Flying colours as “G-ATDK” (owners Frank Dale Grubbs & Kenneth B Carpenter). C of A issued 25.4.2008.
Substantially damaged in a takeoff accident 30.8.2008 at Seymour Air Park, Sevierville, Tennessee. According to the NTSB report into the incident:
The pilot of the De Havilland DH.82A stated that shortly after takeoff he heard a loud bang over the engine noise and through the headset, followed immediately by severe vibration which increased until he reduced the power from take off to low cruise. The airplane was about 100 feet in the air and very near the end of the runway when the trouble started.
The pilot elected to try to continue the climb and return to the field as quickly as possible. He was able to maintain sufficient airspeed while he turned around and lined up with the runway. Before he made the runway, the engine, though still running, felt like it stopped providing any thrust. The airplane was no longer able to maintain altitude and touched down in a pasture just before the runway.
What appeared from the air to be a relatively smooth pasture; however, the terrain was rough and the impact sheared the landing gear. The left wing buckled as it settled to the ground. The pilot estimated that the total time from lift off to touchdown was approximate 2 to 3 minutes.
The responding FAA inspector stated that examination of the engine revealed no discrepancies with it and its components. The wooden propeller was destroyed, split to the hub section. The propeller brass tip cap separated which started the initial vibration and tearing the propeller apart; consistent with the pilot’s account of having engine power but no thrust. The missing sections of the propeller were never located.
Probable Cause: The failure of the wooden propeller. Pilot - Frank Dale Grubbs; rebuilt and re-flown by October 2012. Currently registered to Frank Dale Grubbs (only) until 31.03.2024
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
1. NTSB Accident Number MIA08CA178: Report_MIA08CA178_68838_1_7_2023%2011_27_06%20AM.pdf
2. FAA: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N80660
3. https://air-britain.com/pdfs/production-lists/DH82.pdf
4. https://planecrashmap.com/plane/tn/N80660/
5. https://www.airnav.com/airport/TN20
6. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sevierville,_Tennessee
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 02-Oct-2022 12:39 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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