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Manufacturer
AeroTech
Designation
J510W
Type
single-use
Date code
12061109
Failure date
Oct 19, 2013
Location
Jean Dry lake bed NV
Temperature
73 ℉
Ejection end blown out
Casing Burned through
location
Right around the seal disk
Other failure
description
Darkstar lifted off and abrupted ejected the top half of the rocket with AP flame coming out the top of the lower airframe. The motor was assembled correctly. AT attributed this to a crack in the liner or a failure of the seal disk. A gallery of the damage can be found at https://picasaweb.google.com/116935661173530750686/J510WCATO?authkey=Gv1sRgCPqwyJCuyoDwQA#.
Reported to mfr.
Have more motors
Status
accepted