You are correct. There have been no other types of accidents attributed to Challenger wing design. The Challenger uses a high wing loading, buffet limited, supercritical wing design and is subject to the limitations of that class of wings.
The Challenger at Wichita did not crash because it was out of CG
per se. It crashed because of the TP's over rotation compounded by inadequate baffling in the Challenger multiple tank fuel system causing rear fuel movement and subsequent exceedance of the rear CG limit followed by departure from controlled flight.
"The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of this accident was the pilot’s excessive takeoff rotation, during an aft center of gravity (c.g.) takeoff, a rearward migration of fuel during acceleration and takeoff and consequent shift in the airplane’s aft c.g. to aft of the aft c.g. limit, which caused the airplane to stall at an altitude too low for recovery. Contributing to the accident were Bombardier’s inadequate flight planning procedures for the Challenger flight test program and the lack of direct, on-site operational oversight by Transport Canada and the Federal Aviation Administration."
Experimental Test Pilot Eric Fiore, Experimental Test Pilot Bryan Irelan, and Flight Test Engineer David Riggs were esteemed members of the test community.
The Challenger that crashed at Teterboro 2 February 2005 was out of CG. Here’s an excerpt from the NTSB’s findings.
"The National Transportation Safety Board determines that the probable cause of the accident was the flight crew’s failure to ensure the airplane was loaded within weight and balance limits and their attempt to take off with the center of gravity well forward of the forward takeoff limit, which prevented the airplane from rotating at the intended rotation speed.”
http://www.hasbrouck-heights.com/news05/teb1_05.shtml
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