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Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Byers, Kansas 67021
Monday, July 26, 1993 13:52 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE CREW WAS PERFORMING A LATERAL & DIRECTIONAL STABILITY TEST. CHANGES FROM EARLIER TESTS COMBINED NEW LEADING EDGE FAIRING, NEW FLAP SETTING, LOWER REFERENCE AIRSPEED, AND TRIAL SETTINGS FOR THE STALL PROTECTION SYSTEM (SHAKER & PUSHER). ENGINEERS HAD BRIEFED THE CREW DATA WOULD BE SUFFICIENT IF THE STEADY HEADING SIDESLIP (SHSS) MANEUVER ENDED AT A 15 DEG SIDESLIP, OR AT ONSET OF STALL WARNING; CREW AGREED TO END AT STALL WARNING. DURING THE TEST THE CAPT CONTINUED PAST STALL WARNING TO 21 DEG SIDESLIP AT FULL RUDDER. THE AIRPLANE ROLLED RAPIDLY THROUGH 360 DEG & ENTERED A DEEP STALL. THE COPILOT ATTEMPTED TO DEPLOY THE ANTI-SPIN CHUTE. HOWEVER, ALL THE CHUTE SYSTEM COCKPIT SWITCHES WERE NOT PROPERLY PRESET; INSTEAD OF ASSISTING RECOVERY, THE CHUTE PARTED FROM THE AIRPLANE. FULL CONTROL WAS NOT REGAINED BEFORE IMPACT. THE CHUTE SYSTEM DESIGN ALLOWED DEPLOYMENT OF THE CHUTE EVEN WHEN THE HYD LOCK SWITCH WAS IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION & THE HOOKS CLASPING THE CHUTE SHACKLE TO THE AIRFRAME WERE OPEN. SYSTEM TESTED OK BEFORE FLIGHT.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
THE CAPTAIN'S FAILURE TO ADHERE TO THE AGREED UPON FLIGHT TEST PLAN FOR ENDING THE TEST MANEUVER AT THE ONSET OF PRESTALL STICK SHAKER, AND THE FLIGHTCREW'S FAILURE TO ASSURE THAT ALL REQUIRED SWITCHES WERE PROPERLY POSITIONED FOR ANTI-SPIN CHUTE DEPLOYMENT. A FACTOR WHICH CONTRIBUTED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE INADEQUATE DESIGN OF THE ANTI-SPIN CHUTE SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWED DEPLOYMENT OF THE CHUTE WITH THE HYDRAULIC LOCK SWITCH IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION. (WHEN IN THE UNLOCKED POSITION, THE HOOKS CLASPING THE CHUTE SHACKLE TO THE AIRFRAME ARE OPEN.)
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 7/26/1993 |
| Event Day of the Week | Monday |
| Time of Event | 1352 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | BYERS |
| Event State | KANSAS |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 67021 |
| Event Date Year | 1993 |
| Event Date Month | 7 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1356 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 360 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | GBD |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 1887 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 40 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| 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) | 10 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 34 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 22 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 160 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 15 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 19 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 29 |
| 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 | 3 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 3 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 6002 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Jul 26 1993 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1500 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 1:28PM |
| 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 | CFCRJ |
| NTSB Number | CHI93MA276 |
| 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 | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | CANADAIR |
| Aircraft Model | CL-600-2B19 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | CL-600-2B1 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 7001 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 53000 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | Foreign Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 5 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Continuous Airworthiness |
| Date of Last Inspection | Jun 1 1993 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 17 |
| Airframe Hours | 771 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | CANADAIR |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | BOX 6087, STATION A |
| Aircraft Owner City | MONTREAL, PQ |
| Aircraft Owner State | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Country | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | -- |
| Operator is an individual? | No |
| Operator Name | -- |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | ONE LEARJET WAY, BOX 7707 |
| Operator City | WICHITA |
| Operator State | KS |
| Operator Country | -- |
| Operator Zip code | 67277 |
| Operator Code | -- |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | -- |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | -- |
| 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) | Flight Test |
| Second Pilot on Board | Yes |
| Departure Point Same as Event | No |
| Departure Airport Code | ICT |
| Departure City | WICHITA |
| Departure State | KS |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1331 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | ICT |
| Destination City | WICHITA |
| Destination State | KS |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Maneuvering |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | May 15 2001 2:42PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |