https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/ntsb-w ... 67PIIKRNXE
Just happened last Friday. Seems rather unusual for a wing on a newer built Caravan to seperate like this.
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Re: NTSB: Wing separated from plane before deadly crash in Snohomish County
You can over G it and break the wing, could be hidden damage, could be work incorrectly done by Raisbeck.
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Re: NTSB: Wing separated from plane before deadly crash in Snohomish County
GalaxyFlyer wrote:You can over G it and break the wing, could be hidden damage, could be work incorrectly done by Raisbeck.
I was thinking it might be related to a mod done by Raisbeck also, but their press release states that it was collecting baseline performance data prior to installing modifications.
https://raisbeck.com/raisbeck-responds-to-snohomish-county-aircraft-accident/
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Re: NTSB: Wing separated from plane before deadly crash in Snohomish County
Some serious high G moves at relatively low level altitude as shown in Juan Browne's review., Led to highspeed dive and aircraft breakup. vertical tail and possible cargo pod at first impact site, right wing at second site and main wreakage 1000 feet beyond that. Seems like bit extreme flight envelope testing for a simple mod that will spend 99.9% of It's life at 180k tor less straight and level. Of course if the Raisbeck cargo mod failed first that could change things but the Caravan was probably at the edge of it's envelope at that point.
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Re: NTSB: Wing separated from plane before deadly crash in Snohomish County
Naïve question: Four aboard when doing some edge testing seems like at least two too many?
Re: NTSB: Wing separated from plane before deadly crash in Snohomish County
frmrCapCadet wrote:Naïve question: Four aboard when doing some edge testing seems like at least two too many?
It is my understanding the additional 2 onboard were part of the crew testing. They may have been monitoring computer data perhaps?
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