Larry, Also, there was another loss of elevator accident back in 1993, near Oregon, IL. The up elevator control cable in Gene Darst's KR-1 (on the way home from OSH) was torn from the swage at the control stick end. The cable was also found to be frayed several inches aft of the break where the cable passes through a guide pulley. According to a witness, the plane pitched up and stalled several times, the last time hitting the ground. Gene died from severe trauma and was also thrown from the cockpit onto one of the wings. A post-fire pretty much destroyed the whole plane. I believe he had just fueled up in Rockford a few minutes before.
Seems like I remember that Ray (?) Hill once had an elevator control horn problem as well. Ed Ed Janssen mailto:ejans...@chipsnet.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "larry flesner" <fles...@midwest.net> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Tuesday, December 28, 2004 4:54 PM Subject: KR> trim cable/ control surface loss > At 05:32 PM 12/28/04 -0500, you wrote: > >What I want to know is, has anyone ever heard of anyone ever loosing any of > >the control surfaces on a KR? The only one that I ever heard of was when a > >balance weight came off and the aileron fluttered, and that is only hearsay. > >Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > > The only loss of control surface I'm aware of happened several years > to a gentleman named Ralph Smith. I think he was from Indiana. > It appears he lost elevator control at or near the airport on landing > when the elevator control horn broke. At least that's what I recall > hearing at the time of his accident. He unfortunately didn't survive. > > Investigation of the accident indicated that all control cables were > intact and the broken horn was not a result of the accident. I'm > going from memory here and may not have all the facts correct. > I met Ralph at one of the KR Gatherings in Tennessee back in > the early 90's. He was a friendly individual that I ended up giving > a ride to the motel and back several times. Stories like that caused > me to be maybe a bit over cautious on building. I have a double > elevator horn as I attached a weight to one of them. As far as > losing an actual control surface, I've never heard of that. Losing > the cable attach would be just as serious and put you in the > same situation. Loss of control is loss of control, regardless of > the reason why. > > Larry Flesner > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
