ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 70357
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Date: | Saturday 15 March 1986 |
Time: | 14:50 |
Type: | Rand Robinson KR-2 |
Owner/operator: | Private |
Registration: | N455JS |
MSN: | |
Total airframe hrs: | 175 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Mobile, AL -
United States of America
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Phase: | En route |
Nature: | Unknown |
Departure airport: | |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Narrative:THE PILOT LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRCRAFT DURING CRUISE FLIGHT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO CLOSE THE COCKPIT CANOPY WHICH INADVERTENTLY UNLATCHED. THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A SPIN AND THE PILOT WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER PRIOR TO GROUND IMPACT. THE AIRCRAFT WAS AN EXPERIMENTAL HOMEBUILT WHICH WAS ASSEMBLED BY THE PILOT. THE CANOPY LATCH WAS A MODIFICATION TO THE ORIGINAL PLANS WHICH WAS DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED BY THE PILOT.
Sources:
NTSB Identification: ATL86LA094
Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
09-Dec-2009 01:13 |
DColclasure |
Added |
21-Dec-2016 19:25 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
26-Jul-2023 13:36 |
RDV |
Updated [[Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency]] |
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