19870411009019A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1 · Coleman, TX · April 11, 1987

Date
April 11, 1987 · 15:00 local
Place
Coleman, TX
Airport
Coleman Municipal
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N90DW
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW87DRG01
Reported as
Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360A1A
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
640 total200 in this make and model

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Crashed while performing snap rolls at an airshow. Aircraft recovered in a nose down attitude. Struck the ground.

As the FAA filed it

CRASHED WHILE PERFORMING SNAP ROLLS AT AN AIRSHOW. AIRCRAFT RECOVERED IN A NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE. STRUCK THE GROUND.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.