# Accident 19980531011389A: Amtr EVERETTB1, Stanley, NM, May 31, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1998, 14:22 local time
- Place: Stanley, NM
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.1404° N, 105.9695° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1404&lon=-105.9695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N30BP, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N30BP-1998-09-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tussel Jacob EVERETT B1 (registry code 05618XG, https://openairdocs.org/model/tussel-jacob-everett-b1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EVERETTB1
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 8,959 total, 249 in this make and model, 69 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW98FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA248) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19980531011389A

## Narrative

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

WITNESSES SAID THE PILOT PASSED OVER THEIR HOUSE BETWEEN 300 AND 500 FEET AND MADE A HARD RIGHT ROLL. THEY SAID THE PLANE (ENGINE) USUALLY CUT OUT OR DIES WHEN HE IS UPSIDE DOWN AND WILL RESTART WHEN HE LEVELS OUT. THE ENGINE DID RESTART OR PICKED UP RPM AND THEN HE BANKED RIGHT AND LEVELED OUT. HE DIPPED DOWN AT ABOUT A 30 DEGREE ANGLE AND IMPACTED THE GROUND. THE WITNESSES SAID THE PILOT HAD A HEART ATTACK IN 1994, DID NOT REPORT IT ON HIS MEDICAL CERTIFICATION APPLICATION IN 1995 OR 1996. HE HAD RECENTLY BEGUN TAKING PRINVIL AND PRAVACHOL. THE AUTOPSY REPORT LISTED THE CAUSE OF DEATH AS "MASSIVE TRAUMATIC INJURIES ASSOCIATED WITH AN AIPLANE CRASH." (-23) ON MAY 31, 1998, AT 14:22 MDT A EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, AN EVERETT SPECIAL, N30BP, REGISTERED TO AND FLOWN BY BILL M. PATTERSON ON A 14 CFR PART 91 FLIGHT, WAS INVOLVED IN A FATAL ACCIDENT NEAR STANLEY, NEW MEXICO. THE AIRCRAFT WAS FLYING AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 500 AGL WHEN MR. PATTERSON PERFORMED A RIGHT HAND ROLL. WITNESS STATED THAT THE ENGINE HAD CUT OUT MOMENTARILY WHILE THE AIRCRAFT WAS INVERTED, AND THAT IT CAME BACK TO LIFE AFTER THE AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN RIGHTED. AFTER THE ROLL THE AIRCRAFT HAD BANKED TO                THE RIGHT AND WAS HEADING DOWNWARD AT A 20 DEGREE ANGLE UNDER FULL POWER. THE AIRCRAFT NEVER RECOVERED AND STRUCK THE GROUND.

## 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 FTW98FA248](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW98FA248), May 31, 1998: Jacob Tussel Everett B1 (N30BP), Stanley, NM, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's intentional performance of an aerobatic maneuver at an altitude insufficient for a safe recovery.

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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