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Norseman Crash Site - 3 Documentation of Additional Wreckage Found 25 Jan 2018 |
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Norseman Crash Site - 3 Documentation of Additional Wreckage Found 25 Jan 2018 |
All Text & Images: Copyright (2018) |
| ~ If you have information about this crash, please send a Message or Email via our Guest Book (link on Home Page) ~ Additional components found during my second visit to the site: |
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| Upper Wing Strut Fairing |
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| Identifying part number for the wing strut fairing |
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| Wing Strut Fairing illustration from Parts Manual |
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| Access door panel (?) |
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| Unidentified assembly Part of door frame? |
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Engine & Prop Control Countershaft See illustration from Maintenance Manual below: |
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| Unknown Component embedded in molten alloy |
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| Reverse side, showing globs of alloy |
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| Partial number in the molten material |
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| Window frame |
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| Miscellaneous debris, including an Engine Ring Cowl Support Lug Assy. |
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| Fairing assembly |
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| Tail Landing Gear Shock Strut - Outer Cylinder |
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| The wings of the Norseman UC-64 aircraft consisted primarily of fabric covered wood beams, with 5 major steel truss assemblies and various other metallic fittings and controls. Below are some of the trusses and other components from one wing: |
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| Wing Frame Assembly diagram |
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| Wing Truss No. 1 |
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| Opposite end of Wing Truss No. 1 The fittings for the wood spar attachment are similar to those used today in modern house construction (on floor joists, for example). |
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| Wing Truss No. 2 |
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| Wing Truss No. 2, from another angle |
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| Wing Truss No. 3 |
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| Wing Truss No. 4, with wing strut attach fittings |
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| Wing strut attach fitting, on Truss No. 4 |
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| Aileron hinge frame (left and foreground) on Truss No. 4 |
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| Wing Spar Jury Strut Fitting Assembly It took me several years to identify this! |
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| Parts Manual illustration showing Wing Spar Fittings highlighted. While the fittings were inside the wing, they connected to the Jury Struts, which attached to the struts and stiffened them. |
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Mooring arrow - See figure from Parts Catalog below These came in a clip of 18, and were used with the anchor rods and driving rod (left) to secure the aircraft. |
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| Possibly a landing gear fairing (?) |
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| LH Fuselage End Fairing |
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| Unidentified rubber piece |
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| With these two cut-outs, you would think I could ID this panel, but I've looked over the entire aircraft and haven't located it yet. I did notice, on a sketch, a few small access holes on the belly of the plane for "fuel tank drain cock access". I couldn't see them in any photos, but I wonder if that's where this panel was located. |
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| Reverse side of previous piece |
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| RH Fuselage End Fairing |
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| Trailing edge cover |
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| Since the aircraft fuselage is on its side, I rotated this head-on image in an attempt to allow easier viewing at its "proper" orientation. |
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| Fuselage Frame Illustration |
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| Fuselage frame (viewed from bottom) |
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