# Accident 19980429007929A: Hspavn HA200, Dayton, OH, April 29, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 29, 1998, 13:40 local time
- Place: Dayton, OH
- Airport: Green County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6805° N, 83.9397° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6805&lon=-83.9397&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9108Q, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9108Q-2014-12-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hispano Aviacion HA-200 SAETA (registry code 4380115, https://openairdocs.org/model/hispano-aviacion-ha-200-saeta) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Turbomeca MARBORE IIC (registry code 60004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/turbomeca-marbore-iic) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: HSPAVN HA200
- Reported engine: TMECA MARBORE2C
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 2
- Pilot flight hours: 3,800 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC98LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA104) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980429007929A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

DEMO FLIGHT FOR BUYER. BUZZED AIRPORT. VERTICAL PULLUP. SPLIT S MANUEVER INTO UNRECOVERABLE SPIN. EXPLODED. BURNED (.4) THE PILOT/OWNER OF THE AIRPLANE AND A PROSPECTIVE BUYER DEPARTED ON A DEMONSTRATION FLIGHT. THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED PERFORMING SEVERAL LOW PASSES AT THE DEPARTURE AIRPORT, ONE OF WHICH RESULTED IN A 360 DEGREE ROLL. DURING THE CLIMB OUT THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO ROLL INVERTED AND ATTEMPT A `SPLIT S' JUST PRIOR TO DISAPPEARING BELOW TREE LINE. A WITNESS STATED SHE SUDDENLY HEAR THE LOUD ROAR OF A VERY CLOSE JET POWERED AIRPLANE, LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND OBSERVED AN AIRPLANE FLYING ABOUT 40 FEET ABOVE GROUND, `FAST AND REASONABLY LEVEL.' THE AIRPLANE THEN NOSED OVER AND CRASHED. THE MAJORITY OF THE WRECKAGE WAS SCATTERED FOR ABOUT 300 FEET ON A NORTHERLY HEADING AND SEVERAL PARTS OF THE WRECKAGE WERE CONSUMED BY A POST CRASH FIRE. TWO BROKEN LIMBS WERE OBSERVED ATOP A 75 FOOT TALL TREE, LOCATED ABOUT 110 FEET SOUTH OF THE INITIAL GROUND IMPACT POINT. ABOUT 90 FEET NORTH-NORTHEAST OF THE TREE, A SMALLER TREE, ABOUT 15 FEET TALL HAD NUMEROUS BROKEN LIMBS. THE TREE LINE TO THE EAST OF THE WRECKAGE PATH AND THE MAJORITY OF TREES IN THE ACCIDENT SITE AREA WERE     ABOUT 50 FEET TALL OR LESS. (-23) AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED IN A STEEP CLIMB, THEN LEVELED OUT, ROLLED INVERTED, THEN BEGAN A STEEP DESCENT, RECOVERED LEVEL FLIGHT AT APPROXIMATELY 40' AGL, THEN PITCHED DOWN STEEPLY AND CRASHED.

## 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 NYC98LA104](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC98LA104), Apr 29, 1998: Hispano Aviacion HA200B Saeta (N9108Q), Xenia, OH, destroyed, 2 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's failure to maintain altitude clearance with trees after an improper decision to perform low level aerobatics.

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.

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