X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:33:26 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.64] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.8) with ESMTP id 3183909 for lml@lancaironline.net; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:24:29 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=76.96.62.64; envelope-from=j.hafen@comcast.net Received: from OMTA13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.52]) by QMTA07.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id JE9N1a00117dt5G57HPt6o; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:23:53 +0000 Received: from [10.128.88.223] ([206.191.160.125]) by OMTA13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id JHPf1a0022idoaN3ZHPhLV; Tue, 23 Sep 2008 17:23:51 +0000 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=pQoR0UU6XTUA:10 a=d62x9Nbk80MA:10 a=zKoQQUGjS4RRgLewDCkA:9 a=9WX2iLxZICg2OvYR64UA:7 a=XyjZCNNULijis7PVhTbGD3tTbxwA:4 a=h9s5Ru71U4oA:10 a=HJgU51k2n1WeFYAB3_oA:9 a=rmx-G0HQVNasUtfFnoUA:7 a=01JyE5WjXRNGTuS0RC6Gg6JfdKMA:4 a=VLNWWmZ-ZiEA:10 a=Sz-0p1zU2dQA:10 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/12.12.0.080729 X-Original-Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 10:23:38 -0700 Subject: SkyCatcher flat spins and crashes...... From: John Hafen X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List X-Original-Message-ID: Thread-Topic: SkyCatcher flat spins and crashes...... Thread-Index: AckdoR2UeI5amfOkxUWLnmCVNYR3sA== Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3305010230_409280" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3305010230_409280 Content-type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable At the risk of reigniting the discussion about practicing stalls in the Lancair, it is Interesting to note that a light sport aircraft would be designed such that it is susceptible to the dreaded flat spin. =B3The SkyCatcher entered an unintentional flat spin and continued to 5,000 feet, where the test pilot bailed out.=B2 John Hafen SkyCatcher prototype crashes By Alton K. Marsh One of the first Cessna 162 SkyCatcher light sport aircraft prototypes crashed Sept. 18 during a test flight 30 miles southeast of the Cessna Aircraft Company factory in Wichita, Kan. The aircraft crashed near a wooded area, but the pilot landed safely by parachute about 400 yards from where the SkyCatcher crashed, according to a news report by a KAKE television news team. The pilot reportedly received only minor injuries. Witnesses told the news team that they heard a pop and saw sparks before th= e airplane crashed. The SkyCatcher is the company=B9s eagerly awaited entry int= o the LSA market, with nearly 1,000 on order. The aircraft, one of several built for testing, had 100 flights totaling 150 hours, according to comment= s made by a Cessna spokesman during a KAKE news interview. The aircraft is to be built in Shenyang, China, by Shenyang Aircraft Corp. A spokesman from the National Transportation Safety Board said it was an Experimental category flight test to conduct a stall series at 10,000 feet. The SkyCatcher entered an unintentional flat spin and continued to 5,000 feet, where the test pilot bailed out. While it is unusual for the NTSB to investigate Experimental test flight accidents, the spokesman said his agency is gathering information from the FAA and Cessna. =B3This is the light sport aircraft category, and it is something we want to understand,=B2 the spokesman said. The NTSB began paying special attention to light sport accidents in October 2007 that will conclude in January 2009, the spokesman said. On Sept. 19, NTSB officials decided to assign investigator Craig Hatch of the Chicago office to prepare an official NTSB report on the SkyCatcher accident. He does not plan to travel to the accident scene. --B_3305010230_409280 Content-type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable SkyCatcher flat spins and crashes...... At the risk of reigniting the discussion about practicing stalls in the La= ncair, it is Interesting to note that a light sport aircraft would be design= ed such that it is susceptible to the dreaded flat spin.  

“The SkyCatcher entered an unintentional flat s= pin and continued to 5,000 feet, where the test pilot bailed out.”

John Hafen

SkyCatcher prototype crashes

By Alton K. Marsh
One of the first Cessna 1= 62 SkyCatcher light sport aircraft prototypes c= rashed Sept. 18 during a test flight 30 miles southeast of the Cessna Aircra= ft Company factory in Wichita, Kan.

The aircraft crashed near a wooded area, but the pilot landed safely by par= achute about 400 yards from where the SkyCatcher crashed, according to a new= s report by a KAKE television news team. The pilot reportedly received only minor injuries.
Witnesses told the news team that they heard a pop and saw sparks before th= e airplane crashed. The SkyCatcher is the company’s eagerly awaited en= try into the LSA market, with nearly 1,000 on order. The aircraft, one of se= veral built for testing, had 100 flights totaling 150 hours, according to co= mments made by a Cessna spokesman during a KAKE news interview. The aircraft= is to be built in Shenyang, China, by Shenyang Aircraft Corp.

A spokesman from the National Transportation Safety Board said it was an Ex= perimental category flight test to conduct a stall series at 10,000 feet. Th= e SkyCatcher entered an unintentional flat spin and continued to 5,000 feet,= where the test pilot bailed out.

While it is unusual for the NTSB to investigate Experimental test flight ac= cidents, the spokesman said his agency is gathering information from the FAA= and Cessna. “This is the light sport aircraft category, and it is som= ething we want to understand,” the spokesman said. The NTSB began payi= ng special attention to light sport accidents in October 2007 that will conc= lude in January 2009, the spokesman said.

On Sept. 19, NTSB officials decided to assign investigator Craig Hatch of t= he Chicago office to prepare an official NTSB report on the SkyCatcher accid= ent. He does not plan to travel to the accident scene.


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