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Re: 1997 P-40 crash- any guesses as to who "restored" it?
Posted by Sammy on Fri Feb 14, 2003 04:19:36 PM
In reply top 1997 P-40 crash- any guesses as to who "restored" it? posted by bdk on Fri Feb 14, 2003 02:52:42 PM
Banta has N940AK which was the plane that crashed in Elmira New York in 1995 when owned by Dr. Bill Anderson.
: Now with Banta Aviation
: ==========================
:
: CHI97LA090
: On March 25, 1997, at 1547 central standard time (cst), a
: Curtiss Wright P-40E, N7205A, piloted by a Canadian privat
: e pilot, ran off the side of runway 35L (7349'x 150' dry/a
: sphalt) at Grand Forks International Airport, Grand Forks,
: North Dakota. The airplane sustained substantial damage w
: hen its right main landing gear collapsed upon landing, ve
: ering the airplane off the runway into a snowbank. The Can
: adian private pilot reported no injuries. The ferry 14 CFR
: Part 91 flight was operating in visual meteorological con
: ditions. No flight plan was filed. The flight departed Car
: man, Manitoba, Canada, at 1502 cst.
:
: According to the pilot's written statement, he was ferryin
: g the airplane to Grand Forks, ND, to clear U.S. Customs w
: ith the airplane owner flying chase in a Beechcraft Bonanz
: a. The pilot stated at touch down "...the landing was smoo
: th but the R. H. (right) gear (main) retracted on touch do
: wn." The pilot was no longer able "...to hold A/C straight
: and ground looped..." to the right of the runway.
:
: A witness observed the landing sequence and said the appro
: ach looked normal but in the her opinion the aircraft seem
: ed to flare high and contacted the ground rather hard. The
: Federal Aviation Administration Inspector examined the ri
: ght main landing gear and said that the retractable landin
: g gear had been jury rigged in the down position with cabl
: es, which on the right side failed. Inspection of the left
: side revealed only a few cable strands still holding.