Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Douglas County Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Minden, Nevada 89423
Friday, August 4, 1995 9:26 PDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE AIRCRAFT WAS ON A DEVELOPMENTAL FLIGHT TEST PROGRAM. THE PILOT REPORTED A SPLIT FLAP SITUATION DURING THE GO-AROUND. WITNESSES OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE TURN ONTO A LEFT CROSSWIND, THEN BEGIN A RIGHT ROLL TO GROUND IMPACT. A PIN IN THE LEFT FLAP DRIVE WAS FOUND SHEARED. THE PIN WAS EXAMINED AND FOUND TO MEET THE MANUFACTURER'S MATERIAL SPECIFICATIONS. IT WAS DETERMINED THE PIN HAD FAILED DUE TO OVERLOAD SHEAR FORCES WHILE TORSIONAL AND AXIAL LOADS WERE APPLIED. THE FLAPS ARE DRIVEN BY A SINGLE ELECTRIC MOTOR WHICH ROTATES TWO INDEPENDENT FLEXIBLE DRIVE SHAFTS THAT ACTUATE THE RIGHT AND LEFT FLAP PANELS. THE SHEARED PIN BROKE THE CONTINUITY OF THE LEFT FLAP PANEL DRIVE STOPPING THE FLAP PANEL WHILE THE RIGHT FLAP PANEL WOULD CONTINUE TO EXTEND OR RETRACT. THERE WAS NO SYSTEM OR MECHANISM IN THE AIRPLANE THAT DETECTED AN ASYMMETRICAL FLAP CONDITION. TESTS OF THE FLAP SYSTEM REVEALED THE ELECTRICAL MOTOR IN THE FLAP SYSTEM WAS CAPABLE OF SHEARING THE PIN BEFORE A CIRCUIT BREAKER WOULD INTERRUPT ELECTRICAL POWER TO THE MOTOR.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
a failure of the wing flap control system due to inadequate design, which led to an asymmetrical flap deployment during a critical flight condition and in-flight loss of control. A related factor was the lack of a split-flaps warning system.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/4/1995 |
| Event Day of the Week | Friday |
| Time of Event | 926 |
| Event Time Zone | Pacific Daylight Time |
| Event City | MINDEN |
| Event State | NEVADA |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 89423 |
| Event Date Year | 1995 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | DOUGLAS COUNTY |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | MEV |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 3 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 340 |
| Airport Elevation | 4718 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 953 Pacific Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 345 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | RNO |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 4412 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 28 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | PDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 40 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 24 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 7 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 180 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | -- |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1322 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Aug 5 1995 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1014 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 7 2000 4:30PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N62PJ |
| NTSB Number | LAX95LA278 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | Fox Aircraft Corp. |
| Aircraft Model | PEREGRINE PJ-2 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | PEREGRINE |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 001 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | -- |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | -- |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jul 30 1995 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 24 |
| Airframe Hours | 34 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | FOX AIRCRAFT CORP. |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 2207 BELLANCA STREET |
| Aircraft Owner City | MINDEN |
| Aircraft Owner State | NV |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 89423 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Unknown |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | MEV |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 855 |
| Departure Time Zone | PDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | |
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| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Approach |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 34 |
| Runway Length | 7395 |
| Runway Width | 100 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |