ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 34520
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| Date: | Tuesday 21 October 2008 |
| Time: | 12:45 |
| Type: |  Eipper Quicksilver GT-500 |
| Owner/operator: | Private |
| Registration: | N184GT |
| MSN: | GT5000184 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 313 hours |
| Engine model: | Hirthmotoren F-30 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 2 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | Wingate, NC -
 United States of America
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| Phase: | Take off |
| Nature: | Training |
| Departure airport: | Wingate, NC (1NC6) |
| Wingate, NC (1NC6) | |
| Investigating agency: | NTSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
The flight instructor and the student pilot just landed from a cross country instructional flight. They decided to conduct additional traffic pattern work and took off from the grass strip. During the takeoff, when the airplane was 200 feet above the ground, there was a total loss of engine power. The flight instructor elected to allow the student handle the emergency. They were not able to return to the grass strip and elected to land in a rough corn field. The airplane landed flat with the left main wheel touching first. When the nose tire touched the ground the airplane flipped over. The forward section of airframe structure, where the student pilot was seated, collapsed. An examination of the engine revealed a fractured crankshaft near the number 2 piston journal section. The airplane’s maintenance records did not provide any history on the engine.
Probable Cause: A loss of engine power due to a fractured crankshaft.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
NTSB
Location
Images:
Photo: FAA
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 22-Oct-2008 05:58 | harro | Updated |
| 23-May-2010 11:34 | harro | Updated [Time, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
| 03-Dec-2017 12:09 | ASN Update Bot | Updated [Operator, Other fatalities, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, Plane category] |
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