Yak 52 Down 2 Dead
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From: Northampton UK
BBC News are reporting today at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2630625.stm
"Northamptonshire Police said the two men killed in the accident have not yet been formally identified, but are thought to have been brothers from Surrey."
"Northamptonshire Police said the two men killed in the accident have not yet been formally identified, but are thought to have been brothers from Surrey."
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From: Northampton UK
BBC News now reporting names at http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2636865.stm
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Very sad indeed.
He was a very nice guy and we got on well. He beat me by one place in the Nationals last year!
The weird thing is that on Monday morning when I heard the news I was quite sure that it was him - dunno why, just geography and a/c type. I guess that is why I wanted confirmation.
It seems that every year someone I know loses their life or is seriously injured as a result of enjoying aviation.
Stik
He was a very nice guy and we got on well. He beat me by one place in the Nationals last year!
The weird thing is that on Monday morning when I heard the news I was quite sure that it was him - dunno why, just geography and a/c type. I guess that is why I wanted confirmation.
It seems that every year someone I know loses their life or is seriously injured as a result of enjoying aviation.
Stik
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From: Northampton UK
AAIB report is at http://www.dft.gov.uk/stellent/group...ty_024587.hcsp
RC
Synopsis
After a series of aerobatic manoeuvres the aircraft completed a stall turn and entered a vertical dive from which it did not recover. Examination of the wreckage revealed the presence of a short-handled flat bladed screwdriver that had jammed the elevator control such that the elevator control surface could not be moved beyond neutral in the nose-up direction.
After a series of aerobatic manoeuvres the aircraft completed a stall turn and entered a vertical dive from which it did not recover. Examination of the wreckage revealed the presence of a short-handled flat bladed screwdriver that had jammed the elevator control such that the elevator control surface could not be moved beyond neutral in the nose-up direction.
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That AAIB report should be required reading for every Yak pilot. I, too, used to think that the 'belly slap' check would reveal dropped articles in the tail area. Sadly not - indeed the design seems ideal for picking up such debris in the elevator mechanism during up vertical manouvres, with subsequent jamming of the elevator in the attempted pull out from the down vertical as in this tragic instance..
There is reference to fitting of a ceconite bulkhead ahead of the elevator mechanism in the tail to prevent such occurances. But as the mention of the Russian accident shows, where a camera lens fouled the under-seat elevator linkage, that won't be a complete cure.
SSD
There is reference to fitting of a ceconite bulkhead ahead of the elevator mechanism in the tail to prevent such occurances. But as the mention of the Russian accident shows, where a camera lens fouled the under-seat elevator linkage, that won't be a complete cure.
SSD
