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Feds urge pilots to check equipment in investigation of Auburn plane crash | FOX 13 Seattle
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a critical update on a tragic plane crash in Auburn in early June.
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The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has released a critical update on a tragic plane crash in Auburn in early June.
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Looking at the diagram and the photo, it appears the right side stick was still operational. It’s not intuitive to grab the other stick, but something I will file away if something similar occurs in the future. Not all RV-12’s are home built, waiting to see if this one was factory or not.
It's scary how one small error can be so devastating.
Looks like grabbing the right-seat stick would’ve saved the day?
The plane should still have had rudder, elevator and throttle control, plus the right side stick would have been an option.
RIP
Comparing a homebuilt Vans to a production floatplane is ridiculous. Get better at journalism.
Vans planes are generally homebuilt.
As expected, there’s as much ignorance in the comments section as there was in the reporting. If not more.
Is that a side by side configuration..is there another control stick?
All Home built aircraft need a much different inspection program during and after assembly.
"Steering went out, killing the pilot just seconds before the wreck" – huh?
Vans, bankrupt, dangerous, don't fly them
Its a homebuilt. An improoerly assembled component failure.
I wont fly on an uncertified aircraft, these expermental aricraft are dangerious.
Terrible. I can't recognize what is in the thumbnail picture. Its just torn metal.
Aircraft bolts always go in from above unless otherwise instructed. Its a rule. Flying controls should have a castellated nut and cotter pin. Are we loosing sight of the basic rules?
Looks like safety wire/pins should be used in more places.
Ahh the good ole home built airplane. Whats next? Do it yourself brain surgery? 😂
I can honestly say i never had a bolt or fastener come "undone" on any of my racecars. One of the books i read before my first build was exclusively on hardware and related fasteners.
Shear, double shear, tensile strength etc. It shocks me when people think a bolt is a bolt is a bolt.
If people were meant to fly,they'd have wings on their backs.
I hope this wasn't an oversight on Vans part, in the assembly instructions, they are already in financial restructuring to stay afloat.
That reporter did some homework. That was a very well-presented news report which reflected the findings in the NTSB Preliminary Report.
Most RVs are homebuilt, some better than others……
In Chuck Yeager's autobiography he describes a problem they had with the controls locking up on some of the early F-86 fighters. He took one up, the controls locked up on him, but he recovered by flipping the plane inverted, which reversed the load on the wings. Turns out an old guy in the factory ignored the direction that a certain bolt was to be installed and installed it 'right side up' instead of upside down as shown on the engineering drawings. Dude had 'The Right Stuff'.
Oh good grief, why can’t media outlets at least consult with someone who knows something about aviation before doing stories about aircraft incidents. You don’t “steer” aircraft. She kept referencing “steering controls” as if it was a car. Aircraft maneuver in three dimensions using flight controls that control the aircraft’s attitude around three different axes. A flight control failure can cause effects far more complex than just “the steering went out, so we couldn’t steer.” The aircraft could have stalled/spun as a result, for example, and loss of a single nut wouldn’t have disabled all flight controls (rudder was probably still active, at a minimum). It sounds like it was probably ailerons and/or elevator that were affected, but there wasn’t enough information given to know if this led to total failure of one or both, or partial failure.
I know they just don’t care because they don’t think the general public understands aviation any more than they do, but to go on the air and spout useless information is a waste of effort.
MOOO! 🐄
No safety wire or cotter pin?
Leave it to the incompetence of the news media. Equating an accident of a homebuilt two-seat aircraft with one involving an 11 seat turbine powered factory built and certified aircraft makes absolutely no sense. I used to expect over time that the media would get smarter but it never seems to happen. Like saying a Formula 1 car and a Corolla are equivalent because they both have 4 wheels. Idiots.
Great quick investigation
Boeing wiping the sweat off their brow knowing that it was someone else this time
This lady looks just like John Wayne Gacy with makeup
Incredible work!