Accident description
Last updated: 21 May 2013
| Status: | Final |
| Date: | 03 APR 1980 |
| Time: | 09:10 |
| Type: | Canadair CL-600-1A11 Challenger 600 |
| Operator: | Canadair |
| Registration: | C-GCGR-X |
| C/n / msn: | 1001 |
| First flight: | 1978-11-08 (1 year 5 months) |
| Crew: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Passengers: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 0 |
| Total: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 3 |
| Airplane damage: | Written off |
| Airplane fate: | Written off (damaged beyond repair) |
| Location: | Mojave, CA (United States of America)
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| Phase: | Maneuvering (MNV) |
| Nature: | Test |
| Departure airport: | Mojave-Kern County Airport, CA (MHV/KMHV), United States of America |
| Mojave-Kern County Airport, CA (MHV/KMHV), United States of America |
A non-scheduled stall was conducted after the scheduled test and AOA increased past maximum of 34deg. Control was lost and the spin chute was deployed. The chute could not be jettisoned and the crew members bailed out. The pilot's chute failed to deploy.
PROBABLE CAUSE(S):
instruments/equipment and accessories - flight and navigation instruments: angle of attack indicator
miscellaneous acts,conditions - binding
systems - hydraulic system: seals
miscellaneous acts,conditions - deteriorated
systems - other systems: other Sources:
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Distance from Mojave-Kern County Airport, CA to Mojave-Kern County Airport, CA as the crow flies is 0 km (0 miles).
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