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Manufacturer
Estes Industries
Designation
B6-0
Type
single-use
Date code
A050301
Failure date
Mar 21, 2015
Location
Bob Evans Farm, Rio Grande, Ohio
Temperature
59 ℉
Ejection end blown out
Burning propellant ejected
Other failure
description
It would appear that the entire B6-0 booster burned through all at once, and while igniting the upper B6-4, both were ejected out of the Loadstar II, which then lawn darted. Fortunately, no serious damage to either stage, though a scorch mark up the side of the top stage required repainting and clean-up. Believe the daycode is A050301 printed in black, but elsewhere on motor is the red printing: " AVIO classe K1No agrement AD/MF/60503"
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Comments
Seemed to be immediate upon launch.
Status
accepted