Since no gusts were recorded, maybe it was a gust going the other way,
(lack of airspeed under the left wing) that allowed the left wing to drop.
Or a gust where the plane was but not in the vicinity of the recorder.
Happened to me on a runway between trees on a windy day-90 degree bank in
half a second and a second later rightside up as if nothing happened. I
changed my underwear later..
Miles Humphrey
Parkersburg, Iowa
----- Original Message -----
From: Mark Jones <[email protected]>
To: 'KRnet' <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 11:05 AM
Subject: RE: KR> Dean Selby's KR-2-SS Crashed
> I should have mentioned that I do not think Dean Selby was the pilot. If
not
> mistaken, he sold his KR.
>
> Mark Jones
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Jones [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 11:02 AM
> To: KR Net
> Subject: KR> Dean Selby's KR-2-SS Crashed
>
>
> NTSB Identification: CHI04CA190.
> The docket is stored in the Docket Management System (DMS). Please contact
> Public Inquiries <http://www.ntsb.gov/info/sources.htm#pib>
> 14 CFR Part 91: General Aviation
> Accident occurred Thursday, July 15, 2004 in Lake Elmo, MN
> Aircraft: Selby Dean KR-2-SS, registration: N299DS
> Injuries: 1 Uninjured.
> CHI04CA190
> On July 15, 2004, at 1330 central daylight time, an experimental
> amateur-built Selby Dean KR-2-SS, N299DS, owned and piloted by a private
> pilot, received substantial damage on impact with terrain during final
> approach to runway 32 (2,850 feet by 75 feet, asphalt) at Lake Elmo
Airport
> (21D), Lake Elmo, Minnesota. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at
> the time of the accident. The 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight was not
> operating on a flight plan. The pilot was uninjured. The local flight
> originated from 21D at 1200.
>
> The pilot stated that he made two full stop landings at the airport prior
to
> the accident approach. He noticed the winds buffeting slightly. At 50 feet
> above ground level, the right wing was hit with a severe updraft gust,
> almost inverting the airplane. He applied full power, and the left wing
tip
> struck the ground.
>
> The wreckage was located about 100 yards from the approach end of runway
32.
>
> The St. Paul, Minnesota, Automated Surface Observing System, located 9
> nautical miles southwest of 21D, recorded at 1253 - wind 270 degrees at 7
> knots and at 1353 - wind 240 degrees at 7 knots. There were no wind gusts
> recorded on the day of the accident
>
>
>
> Mark Jones
>
>
> _______________________________________
> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected]
> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
> _______________________________________
> to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected]
> please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
>
