Shropshire Crash
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and a Cessna 182 at Sherlowe which is in the same local area last month.
The aircraft at Sherlowe looked totaled but no fatalities fortunately.
The aircraft at Sherlowe looked totaled but no fatalities fortunately.
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It certainly made the headlines in the Shropshire Star newspaper a couple of months ago with a picture of a C172/182 on its back. I had heard that the pilot was the owner of the strip at Sherlowe.
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on that aircraft type the elevators are driven by a pushrod connected to horns pointing downwards on each elevator. The pushrod has a U (laid on it's back) shaped yolk at the elevator end, the centre part of the U brings the ends outside of the rear of the fuselage through a couple of slots, curved to follow the arc of the motion as the horns swing. If one end/horn isn't connected the elevator will be floating ie not driven at all and won't "fight" with the other one. Control authority will be less than normal but I would expect that the aircraft would remain controllable at flying speeds. If, like me, the operator folds the aircraft into a dark trailer in between flying sessions then the connections between the yolk and the horns might be disconnected to allow the horizontal tail surfaces to be folded to save hangar space. I never forgot to reconnect mine before the preflight assured me I had!
It probably broke free during the accident.
It probably broke free during the accident.
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If, like me, the operator folds the aircraft into a dark trailer in between flying sessions then the connections between the yolk and the horns might be disconnected to allow the horizontal tail surfaces to be folded to save hangar space. I never forgot to reconnect mine before the preflight assured me I had!
