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(-23) Pilot departed auberge des fleurs apt. (4OR6) at approximately 1200 PST on 02/10/2002 to perform a test flight on the accident aircraft. Witnessprivacy data omitted observed the aircraft operating near the schmidt nursery (accident site) at approximately 1250 PST. He reports that after several passes over head he noticed the aircraft departing an altitude of 350 AGL feet in a near vertical dive. He observed that the aircraft appeared to be recovering at approximately 150 feet AGL. The aircraft then disappeared below the rooftops of surrounding buildings. The wreckage was discovered on 02/11/2002 at approximately 0730 PST by a worker at the schmidt nursery.privacy data omitted The recovered airspeed indicator indicated 93 mph, but there is no verification that this was the impact speed.privacy data omitted The pilot remained in the aircraft retained by the shoulder straps. The structure that the lap belts attached was destroyed. After the body was removed from the wreckage, the air craft was righted. The engine remained attached to the wreckage by electrical and fuel plumbing. The engine attaching mounts had failed. The engine was removed from the wreckage and examined. Both carburetors contained fuel. The crankcase had approximately 2 quarts of oil. The impulse couplers on the magnetos operated normally. There were no external openings or fractures in the crankcase or cylinders. There was continuity through the crankshaft and camshaft. There was no abnormal binding of the crankshaft through 720 degrees of rotation. The propeller, which is of a composite construction, had one blade broken off. The remaining two blades were attached and had chordwise delimitation. No apparent indication of ground strikes on the attached blades. The aileron/elevator control stick and attachment were destroyed in the crash however the remaining control tubes and cables had correct continuity to their appropriate control surfaces. The throttle and throttle cable had correct continuity to a point where the cable appeared to be severed by the engine. The physiological condition of the pilot is unknown at this time. An amendment will be issued upon obtaining an autopsy report from the clakamas county medical examiners office or c.a.m.I. Note: this aircraft did not meet the requirements of CFR 14, part 103.1 in that it weighed more than 254 lbs., it had a fuel capacity of more than 5 U.S. Gallons, and was capable of more than 55 knots c.a.s. at full power in level flight. This information was obtained from david richards, president-low-n-slow aviation, inc., a technical expert in this type of aircraft. The aircraft is being considered a non-registered, non-certificated amateur-built aircraft. (.19) on February 10, 2002, about 1300 pacific standard time, an unregistered experimental airplane was destroyed after colliding with terrain near Boring, Oregon. The airplane was owned by the pilot, and was being operated in visual meteorological conditions (VFR). The private pilot, the sole occupant of the airplane, was fatally injured. The flight originated from a private airstrip near sandy, Oregon, about one hour prior to the accident. No flight plan had been filed and there was no report of ELT activation. A witness reported seeing the accident aircraft maneuvering near a private airstrip in Boring, Oregon on February 10, 2002. He stated that the airplane was in a wings level descent and that he eventually lost sight of the airplane as it descended behind a row of trees. The following day, after being reported as missing, the airplane wreckage was located in the general vicinity of the earlier sighting.
As the FAA filed it
(-23) PILOT DEPARTED AUBERGE DES FLEURS APT. (4OR6) AT APPROXIMATELY 1200 PST ON 02/10/2002 TO PERFORM A TEST FLIGHT ON THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT. WITNESS^PRIVACY DAT^ OBSERVED THE AIRCRAFT OPERATING NEAR THE SCHMIDT NURSERY (ACCIDENT SITE) AT APPROXIMATELY 1250 PST. HE REPORTS THAT AFTER SEVERAL PASSES OVER HEAD HE NOTICED THE AIRCRAFT DEPARTING AN ALTITUDE OF 350 AGL FEET IN A NEAR VERTICAL DIVE. HE OBSERVED THAT THE AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO BE RECOVERING AT APPROXIMATELY 150 FEET AGL. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DISAPPEARED BELOW THE ROOFTOPS OF SURROUNDING BUILDINGS. THE WRECKAGE WAS DISCOVERED ON 02/11/2002 AT APPROXIMATELY 0730 PST BY A WORKER AT THE SCHMIDT NURSERY.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE RECOVERED AIRSPEED INDICATOR INDICATED 93 MPH, BUT THERE IS NO VERIFICATION THAT THIS WAS THE IMPACT SPEED.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THE PILOT REMAINED IN THE AIRCRAFT RETAINED BY THE SHOULDER STRAPS. THE STRUCTURE THAT THE LAP BELTS ATTACHED WAS DESTROYED. AFTER THE BODY WAS REMOVED FROM THE WRECKAGE, THE AIR CRAFT WAS RIGHTED. THE ENGINE REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE WRECKAGE BY ELECTRICAL AND FUEL PLUMBING. THE ENGINE ATTACHING MOUNTS HAD FAILED. THE ENGINE WAS REMOVED FROM THE WRECKAGE AND EXAMINED. BOTH CARBURETORS CONTAINED FUEL. THE CRANKCASE HAD APPROXIMATELY 2 QUARTS OF OIL. THE IMPULSE COUPLERS ON THE MAGNETOS OPERATED NORMALLY. THERE WERE NO EXTERNAL OPENINGS OR FRACTURES IN THE CRANKCASE OR CYLINDERS. THERE WAS CONTINUITY THROUGH THE CRANKSHAFT AND CAMSHAFT. THERE WAS NO ABNORMAL BINDING OF THE CRANKSHAFT THROUGH 720 DEGREES OF ROTATION. THE PROPELLER, WHICH IS OF A COMPOSITE CONSTRUCTION, HAD ONE BLADE BROKEN OFF. THE REMAINING TWO BLADES WERE ATTACHED AND HAD CHORDWISE DELIMITATION. NO APPARENT INDICATION OF GROUND STRIKES ON THE ATTACHED BLADES. THE AILERON/ELEVATOR CONTROL STICK AND ATTACHMENT WERE DESTROYED IN THE CRASH HOWEVER THE REMAINING CONTROL TUBES AND CABLES HAD CORRECT CONTINUITY TO THEIR APPROPRIATE CONTROL SURFACES. THE THROTTLE AND THROTTLE CABLE HAD CORRECT CONTINUITY TO A POINT WHERE THE CABLE APPEARED TO BE SEVERED BY THE ENGINE. THE PHYSIOLOGICAL CONDITION OF THE PILOT IS UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME. AN AMENDMENT WILL BE ISSUED UPON OBTAINING AN AUTOPSY REPORT FROM THE CLAKAMAS COUNTY MEDICAL EXAMINERS OFFICE OR C.A.M.I. NOTE: THIS AIRCRAFT DID NOT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF CFR 14, PART 103.1 IN THAT IT WEIGHED MORE THAN 254 LBS., IT HAD A FUEL CAPACITY OF MORE THAN 5 U.S. GALLONS, AND WAS CAPABLE OF MORE THAN 55 KNOTS C.A.S. AT FULL POWER IN LEVEL FLIGHT. THIS INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED FROM DAVID RICHARDS, PRESIDENT-LOW-N-SLOW AVIATION, INC., A TECHNICAL EXPERT IN THIS TYPE OF AIRCRAFT. THE AIRCRAFT IS BEING CONSIDERED A NON-REGISTERED, NON-CERTIFICATED AMATEUR-BUILT AIRCRAFT. (.19) ON FEBRUARY 10, 2002, ABOUT 1300 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, AN UNREGISTERED EXPERIMENTAL AIRPLANE WAS DESTROYED AFTER COLLIDING WITH TERRAIN NEAR BORING, OREGON. THE AIRPLANE WAS OWNED BY THE PILOT, AND WAS BEING OPERATED IN VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS (VFR). THE PRIVATE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT OF THE AIRPLANE, WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP NEAR SANDY, OREGON, ABOUT ONE HOUR PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED AND THERE WAS NO REPORT OF ELT ACTIVATION. A WITNESS REPORTED SEEING THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT MANEUVERING NEAR A PRIVATE AIRSTRIP IN BORING, OREGON ON FEBRUARY 10, 2002. HE STATED THAT THE AIRPLANE WAS IN A WINGS LEVEL DESCENT AND THAT HE EVENTUALLY LOST SIGHT OF THE AIRPLANE AS IT DESCENDED BEHIND A ROW OF TREES. THE FOLLOWING DAY, AFTER BEING REPORTED AS MISSING, THE AIRPLANE WRECKAGE WAS LOCATED IN THE GENERAL VICINITY OF THE EARLIER SIGHTING.