# Accident 19980329004431A: Amtr SKYBOLTI, Orlando, FL, March 29, 1998 - Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported - Date: March 29, 1998, 15:57 local time - Place: Orlando, FL - Airport: Orlando Sanford Airport - Damage: Substantial damage - Collision: Midair collision, first aircraft - Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane - Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91) - Location: 28.8097° N, 81.3298° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles - Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.8097&lon=-81.3298&mi=10 - Aircraft: N101DT, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N101DT) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry model: Thrift-Dale SKYBOLT-1 (registry code 05655R5, https://openairdocs.org/model/thrift-dale-skybolt-1) (OpenAirDocs) - Registry engine: Lycoming HIO-360-C1A (registry code 41889, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-hio-360-c1a) (OpenAirDocs) - Reported make and model: AMTR SKYBOLTI - Reported engine: LYC HIO360C1A - People aboard: 1 - Fatal injuries: 0 - NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA98LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA111) (OpenAirDocs) - FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/) - Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980329004431A ## Narrative As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. TOWER HAD PILOT EXPIDITE CROSSING RUNWAY. TAXIED INTO N6285M HOLDING SHORT ON OTHER SIDE. VIEW LIMITED OVER NOSE. (-23) CESSNA 152, N6285M WAS HOLDING SHORT, SOUTH OF RUNWAY 9R ON TAXIWAY LIMA AND MONITORING TOWER FREQUENCY AWAITING TAKEOFF FOR A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT. A STEEN SKYBOLT, N101DT, LANDED 9L AND WAS TAXIING SOUTH ON TAXIWAY LIMA ND TALKING TO GROUND CONTROL AND INITIALLY INSTRUCTED TO TAXI STRAIGHT AHEAD ON LIMA AND HOLD SHORT OF 9R. AS N101DT APPROACHED THE HOLD SHORT LINE HE WAS INSTRUCTED TO CROSS RUNWAY 9R AND TO EXPEDITE. BEING A TAILWHEEL AIRCRAFT HIS FORWARD VISION WAS DIMINISHED CONSIDERABLE AND HE WAS S TURNING TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE TAXIWAY TO SEE AHEAD. N101DT INCREASED HIS FORWARD SPEED TO COMPLY, STOPPED S TURNING AND CROSSED RUNWAY 9R AND COLLIDED WITH N6285M, CAUSING STRUCTURAL DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRCRAFT'S WINGS. PILOT OF 101DT SAYS HE WAS NEVER INFORMED OF OTHER AIRCRAFT'S POSITION AND SPOTTED IT JUST PRIOR TO IMPACT BUT COULD NOT STOP IN TIME. (.19) ON MARCH 29, 1998, ABOUT 1557 EASTERN STANDARD TIME, AN EXPERIMENTAL, AMATEUR-BUILT STEEN SKYBOLT, N101DT, REGISTERED TO AN INDIVIDUAL, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 PERSONAL FLIGHT, TAXIED INTO A CESSNA 152, N6285M, REGISTERED TO COMAIR FLIGHT ACADEMY, OPERATING AS A 14 CFR PART 91 INSTRUCTIONAL FLIGHT, AS HE WAS RETURNING TO THE RAMP AFTER LANDING AT ORLANDO'S SANFORD FIELD. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR EITHER FLIGHT. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED FROM EITHER AIRPLANE, AND BOTH AIRPLANES RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE. THE SKYBOLT FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM SANFORD FIELD ABOUT 43 MINUTES BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. ACCORDING TO SANFORD TOWER PERSONNEL, THE SKYBOLT HAD LANDED AND CLEARED RUNWAY 9L ONTO A CONNECTING TAXIWAY WHEN HE WAS GIVEN INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE TOWER TO CROSS RUNWAY 9R AND "EXPEDITE". THE SKYBOLT WAS ON GROUND CONTROL FREQUENCY. AT THE FAR SIDE OF THE SAME TAXIWAY, SOUTH OF RUNWAY 9R, WAS THE CESSNA AWAITING TAKEOFF CLEARANCE AND MONITORING TOWER FREQUENCY. THE SKYBOLT COLLIDED WITH THE CESSNA CAUSING SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE TO BOTH AIRPLANES. (.4) AFTER LANDING AND CLEARING THE OUTER PARALLEL RUNWAY, THE BIPLANE PILOT WAS DIRECTED BY THE GROUND CONTROLLER TO TAXI ACROSS THE INNER PARALLEL RUNWAY, 'WITHOUT DELAY'. THE BIPLANE PILOT COMPLIED WITH THE INSTRUCTIONS AND HIS AIRPLANE COLLIDED WITH A CESSNA TRAINER WHO WAS HOLDING SHORT ON THE TAXIWAY WAITING TAKEOFF CLEARANCE FROM THE INNER PARALLEL RUNWAY. ## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1) From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. - [NTSB MIA98LA111](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA98LA111), Mar 29, 1998: Steen Skybolt (N101DT), Sanford, FL, substantial damage. Probable cause: The failure of the pilot of N101DT to maintain a visual lookout during the taxi phase of his flight and the failure of the ground controller to issue a traffic advisory to N101DT about the location… From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record. --- OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.