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RV7A - aircraft down - final report - N787NV

Posted: Wed May 01, 2024 7:43 pm
by A2022
well, first flight in 2019 and dead by 2022. rudder flutter strikes again....

https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/ ... 104670/pdf

The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:

The pilot’s improper aerobatic maneuver leading to an airspeed that exceeded the airplane’s design limits, which resulted in rudder flutter and an in-flight breakup.


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10,000 fpm descent.... keep those airport security cameras rolling, you never know when an RV is going to do a fly bye maneuver.

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