Mokulele N861MA Emergency Landing Preliminary Report ID WPR14FA024

 Preliminary Report is HERE .

The report incorrectly states the position of the aircraft relative to the island of Maui.

Maybe the NTSB should calibrate their compass and DME?

Check for yourself. If they heard the bang while over Wailea, and then turned to go 9 miles South, where would that put them?

P-40E Warhawk 80th Fighter Group Burma Banshees - Skull Squadron CRASH DAMAGE

As their probe continues, NTSB investgators painstakingly reassemble the airframe in a secluded hangar.

The aircraft was not equipped with a flight data recorder, or cockpit voice recorder.

Retracts still work.

She went in at 50% throttle. The spinner shattered as designed, thus absorbing some of the force. Pushrods and tubes are bent, but the prop shaft is OK. 

Photos by LBBC.

P-40E Warhawk 80th Fighter Group Burma Banshees - Skull Squadron

Top Flite 1/7th scale R/C P-40E Warhawk

First flight - 2002

Build time - 2.8 years

Engine - 1.2 cubic inch four stroke

This is not an exact replication of a Burma Banshee aircraft, but was built as a tribute.

Last flight - July 9, 2013. According to the NTSB preliminary report, the test pilot reported a loss of flight control. It's an unrepairable hull loss.

Thanks to our Long Beach Bureau Chief for these.

TV News Aviation Experts Are All Idiots

Save your time. Our current list of possible causes for the OZ214 incident at SFO.

Most accidents have multiple causes in a "cascade of events."

Pilot Error.

Altimiter incorrectly set.

CAT/ wind shear.

High AOA / stall.

Incorrect response to stall.
Seagull ingestion.

Thrust / engine failure / fuel supply issue.

Cargo shift.

Incorrect flap / spoiler mode.

FADEC or FMS hacked by N. Korea.

added 7/7/13 18:15 GMT
PAPI out of service.
Featureless terrain illusion.

We are confident that whatever it was, it will be known pretty soon.