ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 359921
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Date: | Tuesday 23 August 1994 |
Time: | 10:45 LT |
Type: | Hodges P-51-51 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N2073S |
MSN: | 1576379 |
Total airframe hrs: | 20 hours |
Engine model: | Rotax 503 |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Beaumont, TX -
United States of America
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Phase: | Initial climb |
Nature: | Private |
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Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE INITIAL CLIMB RATE WAS UNACCEPTABLE. DURING A LEFT TURN THE HEIGHT ABOVE THE GROUND WAS 10 FEET AND THE LEFT WING STRUCK THE GROUND. THE AIRPLANE BROKE IN HALF WHEN THE GEAR HIT THE GROUND. TERRAIN WAS ROUGH AND UNEVEN WITH HIGH VEGETATION. THE PILOT REPORTED THAT THE PITCH OF THE PROPELLER WAS NOT SET CORRECTLY AND THAT HE HAD REMOVED THE ORIGINAL PROPELLER AND INSTALLED A LARGER ONE (APPROVED).
Probable Cause: THE IMPROPER ADJUSTMENT OF THE PROPELLER SYSTEM PITCH.
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | FTW94LA277 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | 6 months |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB FTW94LA277
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