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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Sphrth NIMBUS2 · Hobbs, NM · July 8, 1987

Date
July 8, 1987 · 14:00 local
Place
Hobbs, NM
Airport
Industrial
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N71JD
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN87LA175
Reported as
Sphrth NIMBUS2
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
758 total378 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.

No elevator up response. Pilot bailed out. Crashed inverted in a flat spin. Suspect improperly assembled tail section

As the FAA filed it

NO ELEVATOR UP RESPONSE. PILOT BAILED OUT.CRASHED INVERTED IN A FLAT SPIN.SUSPECT IMPROPERLY ASSEMBLED TAIL SECTION

NTSB investigation

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