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>Has anyone determined the cause for this accident?
>
>Joe
>
Yes, sort-of.
Talking with the folks at the fly-in that saw it, and taking in what Dan
can remember, it was a classic Take-off and Departure stall. The OAT was
~85-90 degrees, the runway was closely mown grass-2100 ft long, trees at on
end, power-lines at other end--Dan took off towards the powerlines (into
wind of ~2 or 3 kts and also powerlines are lower than trees), he reached
a point of no return and couldn't land and stop, so he pushed on--stalled
Rt wing as he cleared lines--almost spun, but managed to get wings level
and flare slightly just before contacting ground--max height attained was ~
80 ft
There was no power loss that we know of--Dan simply asked more of the plane
than it could deliver--just a bunch of little mistakes that bit him in the
butt.
Marl
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