ICON A5
| ICON A5 | |
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| Type: | Amphibious aircraft |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: |
ICON Aircraft |
| First flight: |
July 9, 2008 |
| Production time: |
Since 2013 |
| Number of pieces: |
20 (as of May 2017) |
ICON A5 is a high - wing amphibious aircraft made of carbon fiber reinforced plastic with retractable landing gear . The light aircraft is manufactured in the USA by ICON Aircraft.
history
A prototype was built in 2007-2008 and made its first flight in July 2008. Series production began in 2013. The interior was developed by BMW Designworks USA. The type is approved by the Federal Aviation Administration as "Special Light-Sport Aircraft (SLSA)".
Technical specifications
It offers space for two people in a closed cockpit and is powered by a 100 HP (75 kW) Rotax 912 iS engine with a three-blade pusher propeller. The maximum take-off weight is 686 kilograms. The special feature of the A5 is that the wings can be folded onto the fuselage for ground transport and storage in the hangar. The trailer transport width is then 2.53 meters.
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 pilot + 1 passenger |
| length | 7.01 m |
| span | 10.36 m |
| height | 2.16 m |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 686.5 kg |
| Cruising speed | 194 km / h |
| Range | 555 km |
| Engines | a Rotax 912 iS |
Incidents
- On April 1, 2017, a factory A5 crashed in a hard water landing near Biscayne National Park . It was the first incident involving an A5.
- On May 8, 2017 at 9:20 a.m. local time, a factory A5 crashed due to a pilot's error on the steep bank of Lake Berryessa in Napa County (California) . Two ICON Aircraft employees, including a senior engineer, died in the incident.
- On November 7, 2017, former baseball player Roy Halladay had a fatal accident with his A5 , which crashed into the sea northwest of Tampa on the west coast of Florida. During the autopsy, drugs were found in the victim's blood.
Web links
- Homepage ICON Aircraft with technical data
- ICON Aircraft Receives Record 143 Orders At Oshkosh on aero-news.net
Individual evidence
- ↑ CON A5 Prototype Flies. In: iconaircraft.com. July 15, 2008, archived from the original on July 19, 2008 ; accessed on May 15, 2016 .
- ↑ a b aerokurier.de - Senior engineer dies in crash , accessed on June 12, 2017
- ↑ Type certification as Special Light-Sport Aircraft (SLSA) (entry 84)
- ↑ flyingmag.com - Icon A5 Damaged in Hard Landing (English), accessed on June 12, 2017
- ^ Joshua Cawthra: Aviation Accident Final Report. (PDF) In: WPR17FA101. National Transportation Safety Board, August 7, 2017, accessed on June 26, 2018 (English): “The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause (s) of this accident to be: The pilot's failure to maintain clearance from terrain while maneuvering at a low altitude. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's mistaken entry into a canyon surrounded by steep rising terrain while at a low altitude for reasons that could not be determined. "
- ↑ Volker K. Thomalla : Another Icon A5 crashed. Aerobuzz.de, November 8, 2017, accessed November 8, 2017 .
- ^ Noreen O Price: Aviation Accident Preliminary Report. (PDF) In: ANC18FA007. National Transportation Safety Board, November 20, 2017, accessed June 26, 2018 .
- ↑ https://www.avweb.com/news/halladay-had-drugs-in-system/