De Havilland DHC-1 accident near Hammond, WI
On August 19, 1995, a De Havilland DHC-1 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Hammond, WI. 2 people were seriously injured. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 19, 1995
- Place
- Hammond, WI
- Aircraft
- De Havilland DHC-1 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 0 fatal, 2 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 44.970°N, 92.430°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001207X04211
NTSB summary
On August 19, 1995, at 1753 central daylight time, a DeHavilland DHC-1, N320WM, was destroyed as a result of impacting with the ground after performing aerobatic maneuvers. The air transport pilot and one passenger received serious injuries. The 14 CFR Part 91 flight departed a private airstrip near Baldwin, Wisconsin, on a local flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The pilot reported that he had been doing aerobatic maneuvers for about ten minutes before returning to the private airstrip at Baldwin, Wisconsin. He started decending from 4,000 feet mean sea level at about 140 knots, and after leveling off at about 2,000 feet mean sea level (1,000 feet above ground level) the aircraft started to vibrate or shake violently. He reported pulling the power back to idle thinking he may have lost a propeller blade, and to slow the aircraft down. He had no idea what was wrong with the airplane, and does not remember if the control stick was moving or stuck in one place. He set up for an emergency landing in a cornfield. He reported that it was about one minute from the time the airplane started shaking violenly till the time he landed in the field. The aircraft landed in the cornfield and nosed over. A witness saw about the last one minute of flight of the airplane before it crashed. He reported seeing the airplane at about 1,000 feet above ground level going west in level flight, and heard the engine running smoothly. He reported that the airplane entered a left bank at about forty-five (45) degrees angle of bank. The airplane started to
Probable cause
an overload failure of the right horizontal support tube assembly which the pilot/owner had modified to be adjustable. A factor in the accident was the corn.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
