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FOLLOWINGUGARY OF PILOT'S STATEMEMTl TAKEOFF SCHEDULED FULL GROSS WEIGHT. FLY LONG LINK ROUTE AND CHECK PEACON,SP SEL-CALL FEATURE THIS AIRPLANE JUST COMPLETED "GOODIE" MODS AND PILOT QUESTIONED GROUND CREW EXTENSIVELY ON WORK ACCOMPLISHED. PILOT DECIDED TOEAS INSTEADN VIEW OF INLET WORK ETC, SINCE LAST FLIGHT TOD COMPUTED ENGINE START CART FOR LEFT ENGINE QUITSTART SO STARTED RIGHT ENGINE FIRST AND THEN LEFT, REST OF THE PREFLIGHT WENT NORMAL. TAXI OUT NORMAL, LEFT ENGINE STALLED DURING RUN UP AS PILOT HAD RFEN PRIEFED ITE DOWN TRIMMED AND RUN UP NORMAL. SASLL OK,LITES. ALL LIGHTS ON TELE TALE PANEL NORMAL. PILOT STARTED TAPE AT START ROLL ANDflflP LPS FUEL. TS PILOT LIFTED NOSE OFFLL NORMAL. AS ACFT MAIN WHEELS LEFT GROUND THE ACFT IMMEDIATELY RECAME VERY UNSTABLE IN ALL AXIS. PILOT DESCRIBED FEELING AS SIMILAR TO THE TRAINFR WHEN ALL SAS OFF, NO FUEL INANK AND RUDDER KICKED HARD. PILOT
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IMMEDIATELY CHECKEDO LITESE WAS USING FULL CONTROL DRRLRCTIONS TO OVERCOMP AIRCRAFT EXCURSIONS. AS SPFFD INCRRASED EXCURSIONS BECAME MORE VIOLENTPILOT SAID NOSR OR AIRCRAFT WAS GYRATING WILDLY. HOSE SUDDENLY TOOK ABOUT EO DOWN PITCH AND STARTED ROLLING TO LEFT. PILOT APPLIED FULL AFT AND FULL RIGHT STICK ANO RUDDER WITHOUT APPARPST RRPECT. PILOT STATED GROUND APPEARED TOEOIATFLY BELOW THE AIRCRAFT ANO HE RRALIZRD HE WAS NOT ABLE TO CONTROL GYRATIONS AND ELECTED TO EJECT. HEING, SAW CANOPY GO, FELT ROCKET IGNITE, SAWN COCKPIT FROMOR, SEPARATED FRO" SEAT IMMEDIATELY nEFORF IMPACT WITH GROUND. HF THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO HIT SFAT. HE IMPACTFD WITH GROUND VERY HARD AND FELT SHARP PAIN IH HIS RIGHT LEO AMD THOUGHT HE'D RROKEN IT. RELATED COMMRNTSt
PRRLIMINARY TALKS WITH CHASE PILOT, MR. SKLIAR AND *ORILE CONTROL OFFICER, NR. SULLIVAN TEND TO CONFIRM MR. VOJOVODICH'S STATE'EHT THAT ALL WAS NORMAL UNTIL LIFT OFF. PILOT APPEARS TO HAVE NO BROKEN RONES AND ONLY MINOR BRUISES. PEAUTIFUL EJECTION SYSTEM PROVEN ONCE AGAIN PLUS HIGH DEGREE OF TRAINING AND FAST REFLFXES OF PILOTTOIRE AND GIVEAN TO TALK TO IN DETERMINING WHAT HAPPENED. I'VE GROUNDED ALL CYGNUS ACFT ON THISUNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. NEXT CONSTRUCTIVE INFORMATION WILL PRORA-UY COME FROM NORTON TEAM. WITMESS REPORTS HAVE ACFT CONTACTING THE GROUND NOSE DOWN, LEFT WING DOWN AND ROLLING LEFT.
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