ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 287522
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| Date: | Tuesday 31 July 2012 |
| Time: | 13:10 LT |
| Type: |  Denney Kitfox 4 |
| Owner/operator: | Svien Benny H |
| Registration: | N396BK |
| MSN: | C9400070 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 35 hours |
| Engine model: | Subaru EA B1 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Castlerock, Minnesota -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Private |
| Departure airport: | Castlerock, MN (000) |
| Castlerock, MN (000) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The pilot was flying his experimental airplane, practicing touch-and-go landings on his 1,400 foot long private grass airstrip. The weather was clear. During his third touch-and-go, he determined that he was going to land too long so he made a go-around. As he added power for the go-around, he started to feel vibrations and thought that he had a propeller malfunction. The vibrations continued regardless of power setting, so he shut down the engine and intentionally stalled the airplane about 10 feet above the ground to avoid rolling over when the airplane settled to the ground. The airplane came to rest in a corn field. The pilot saw that a fire had started in the engine compartment after ground impact, so he quickly exited the airplane. A post-crash fire then completely consumed the airplane. Examination of the airplane after the accident did not show any evidence of preimpact mechanical malfunction or abnormalities, although the fire damage was too extensive to specifically determine the reason for presumed propeller malfunction. After the examination, the pilot maintained that he was certain that there was a problem with the propeller and that it was the cause of the accident.
Probable Cause: Propeller system failure during a go-around maneuver resulting in a forced landing. Contributing to the severity of damage to the airplane was the postimpact fire.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB CEN12CA597
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 17 September 2009 | N396BK | Private | 0 | Dodge Center, Minnesota | |
sub |
| 7 June 2010 | N396BK | 0 | Stanton, Minnesota | |
sub | |
| Undershoot | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 04-Oct-2022 11:41 | ASN Update Bot | Added |
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