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Norseman Crash Site - 4 A Third Visit to the Aircraft, this time with a (very) small group. ~ 31 Jan 2018 ~ |
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Norseman Crash Site - 4 A Third Visit to the Aircraft, this time with a (very) small group. ~ 31 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) ~ Elaine and Jim B. accompanied me up the mountain for a 3rd visit. We hoped to locate at least one of the few components that has a Mfg. plate that would ID the individual aircraft. That was not to be the case, although we did find many additional interesting parts. The absence of an engine, port wing, landing gear, wing struts, cockpit components, etc. from the site leads us to believe that this aircraft was salvaged at some point after the crash. How they got those large parts off that steep location is a wonder! I learned that the timeframe of this crash was pre-FAA, and the CAB (Civilian Aeronautics Board) had responsibility for aircraft accident investigations. I have been unable to find any records of it. Searching the archives of the local weekly newspaper did not reveal any mention of the incident. |
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| View of the lake through the trees, as we climbed the mountain. |
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| Witch's Butter (Tremella mesenterica) Elaine noticed this specimen of orange-yellow jelly fungi on our way to the site. |
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| Hiking up the mountain |
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| At the fuselage; this area is STEEP! |
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| Pilot's seat |
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| Co-pilot's seat |
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| Air filter housing |
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| Jury Strut attached to Wing Spar Fitting |
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| Parts Manual illustration showing jury struts highlighted. The spar fitting was inside the wing, not shown in this sketch. |
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| Battery innards |
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| Aileron center hinge assembly |
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Vertical Stabilizer, with illustration from Maintenance Manual (below) |
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| Unidentified instrument - top view |
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| Unidentified instrument - bottom view |
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| Oil line |
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| Wing Truss No. 3 |
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| Broken Wing Truss No. 5 |
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| Assorted components, some from wing structure. |
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| Unidentified fairing, possibly upper wing strut attachment fairing |
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| Fire extinguisher mount-bracket |
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Lower fuselage tail sealing bulkhead |
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| Illustration showing bulkhead location (22) |
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| Tire fragment - it doesn't appear to have had much tread wear |
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| Example of the numerous melted blobs of alloy |
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RH fuselage end fairing, and part number (below) |
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| Trailing edge piece (?), with another part # (below) not found in the Catalog |
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| Based on the number sequence, I would guess part of the horizontal stabilizer. |
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| Generator housing (?) |
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| Unidentified channel, with nutplates |
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| The following images show the four (4) engine mount attach bolts at the front of the fuselage (in clockwise order): Keep in mind when viewing that the plane is lying on its starboard-RH side. |
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| Upper port (LH) bolt |
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| Lower port (LH) bolt |
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| Lower starboard (RH) bolt |
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| Upper starboard (RH) bolt |
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| While this angle doesn't show it as well as the earlier photo, you can get an idea of this area's steepness by noticing that everyone is holding onto the fuselage frame to keep from sliding down the mountain! |
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| Windshield frame |
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