ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 376532
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Date: | Thursday 8 August 1985 |
Time: | 17:47 LT |
Type: | Rutan Long-EZ |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N325OK |
MSN: | 819 |
Total airframe hrs: | 170 hours |
Engine model: | LYCOMING O-235-L2C |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Lee Vining, CA -
United States of America
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Phase: | Landing |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Mammoth Lakes, CA |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:DURING ARRIVAL, THE ACFT WAS ALIGNED SLIGHTLY RIGHT OF THE RWY CENTERLINE WHILE LANDING WITH A LEFT X-WIND COMPONENT. THE PLT STATED THAT THE ACFT LANDED ON THE DIRT APRON, ROLLED TO THE RIGHT & HE COULD NOT LIFT THE DOWNWIND WING. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE RIGHT WING HIT THE GROUND, THE ACFT SPUN AROUND 180 DEG, THEN IT FLIPPED OVER. THE PLT BELIEVED WIND SHEAR WAS A PROBABLE FACTOR.
Probable Cause:
Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Report number: | LAX85LXQ02 |
Status: | Investigation completed |
Duration: | |
Download report: | Final report |
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Sources:
NTSB LAX85LXQ02
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