NEW ELLENTON, SC, USA
N2525T
NAVION H
PREVIOUSLY, THE ACFT HAD BEEN INVOLVED IN A GEAR-UP LNDG & WAS OUT OF SVC WHILE IT WAS BEING REPAIRED. DRG THAT TIME THE ANNUAL INSPN EXPIRED. A SPECIAL AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE WAS OBTAINED TO FERRY THE ACFT TO THE SIZEMORE ARPT FOR THE ANNUAL INSPN. DRG ARRIVAL, THE ACFT LNDD HARD & THE RGT WING WAS DMGD. THE PLT STATED THAT DRG THE FLT, HE NOTED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL AIRSPEED INDCN THAN HE WAS ACCUSTOMED TO SEEING FOR THE POWER SETTING. HE STATED THAT DRG THE FLARE TO LND, THE ACFT 'SUDDENLY DROPPED.' A POST ACDNT TEST OF THE PITOT STATIC SYS SHOWED THAT FOR CALIBRATED AIRSPEEDS OF 52, 65 & 75 KTS (59.8, 74.75 & 86.25 MPH) THE RESPECTIVE INDCD SPEEDS ON THE AIRSPEED INDCR WERE 3.2, 5.25 & 4.75 MPH HIGHER. AN EXAM OF THE MAINT RECORDS SHOWED THE PITOT TUBE HAD BEEN REPLACED, BUT THERE WAS NO ENTRY IN THE LOG OF A SYS TEST AFTER THE MAINT WAS PERFORMED.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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