Accident may 7, N458V Subsonex

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Accident may 7, N458V Subsonex

Postby WaiexN143NM » Tue May 30, 2017 10:44 pm

Hi all,
Just happened to run across this dated may 8 on http://www.kathrynsreport.com. Hope not too much damage and John can get his jet flying again. Aircraft on landing gear collapsed.

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Re: Accident may 7, N458V Subsonex

Postby Fastcapy » Wed May 31, 2017 11:24 am

Interesting.

So there are what, 5 Subsonex jets that have more than a few weeks on them since first flight (another just made its first flight within a couple weeks) and of those, 3 for sure have ended up on their belly...
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Re: Accident may 7, N458V Subsonex

Postby wwomack » Wed May 31, 2017 11:55 am

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Re: Accident may 7, N458V Subsonex

Postby markschaible » Thu Jun 01, 2017 11:31 am

Hello SonexBuilders.net,

We have been in-contact with the owner/pilot of this aircraft. He escaped the incident unharmed and is working with his insurance company to repair the aircraft. With his permission, we are free to tell you a little about the incident: The pilot neglected to latch the canopy prior to takeoff, and it opened on climb out at approximately 100 ft AGL. He continued his climb to approx. 200 ft AGL while successfully making a 180 degree turn to land downwind on a parallel runway. The downwind landing and urgent situation caused the pilot to force the aircraft onto the ground after an initial touchdown and float in ground effect with excessive speed. Forcing the aircraft back onto he runway caused substantial damage to the gear. The gear and connected airframe components did a tremendous job in absorbing the energy to protect the pilot, while keeping the aircraft's primary structure in very good condition.

This incident, along with the 2 previous SubSonex gear-up landing incidents, underpins the importance of adhering to checklist procedures on all flights, no matter how routine the operation of your simple aircraft systems has become.

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Re: Accident may 7, N458V Subsonex

Postby WaiexN143NM » Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:10 pm

Hi all, mark,
Thanks for the update. Sorry to hear and see of this. Good to hear no injuries, and plane will be repaired. John wish u speedy repairs, and back to flying!

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Re: Accident may 7, N458V Subsonex

Postby andrewp » Thu Jun 01, 2017 1:38 pm

As the story goes, there are those who have landed gear up, and the rest of us who one day will. ;-)
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Re: Accident may 7, N458V Subsonex

Postby andrewp » Thu Jun 01, 2017 6:33 pm

I watched the LODA video last night ... man the sound of the turbine in that thing is cool as hell. Hope the airplane in question is back in the air soon.
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Re: Accident may 7, N458V Subsonex

Postby radfordc » Thu Jun 01, 2017 10:50 pm

Fastcapy wrote:3 for sure have ended up on their belly...


Sounds like less an airplane problem than a pilot issue.
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Re: Accident may 7, N458V Subsonex

Postby Fastcapy » Fri Jun 02, 2017 9:18 am

Sounds like less an airplane problem than a pilot issue.


Funny, I don't recall saying it was either.

Either way it is not a good record. Just found the number that have been on their belly already quite interesting.

I hope the FAA doesn't look at it and say well this LOA deal for this thing isn't working so we are pulling it/making it so difficult to get that it isn't worth it.
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Re: Accident may 7, N458V Subsonex

Postby x3 skier » Sat Jun 03, 2017 12:07 pm

No idea of the prior experience of those who landed wheels up. It just reinforces to me the need for developing and following both the normal and emergency check lists, especially in a SubSonex.

If nothing else, GUMP could be used, Gas, Undercarriage, Maneuvering speed, Propulsion

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