19880220002949A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Tcraft Stcbc · Big Spring, TX · February 20, 1988

Date
February 20, 1988 · 14:25 local
Place
Big Spring, TX
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N29779
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW88FA069
Reported as
Tcraft Stcbc
Reported engine
Lycoming O320B2B
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
5,870 total125 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.

Indicates pilot suffered a heart attack after series of acrobatics and while on final approach, dived into ground.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES PILOT SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK AFTER SERIES OF ACROBATICS AND WHILE ON FINAL APPROACH, DIVED INTO 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.