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Accident · No damage

FAA accident report · Nord STAMPE SV4C · Ovilla, TX · July 20, 1998

Date
July 20, 1998 · 07:15 local
Place
Ovilla, TX
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
No damage
Aircraft
N123SV
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW98FA316

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.

(-23) While performing aerobatic maneuvers, the aircraft was seen to descen d in a nose-down attitude, impacting the ground while in a turning recovery maneuver.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) WHILE PERFORMING AEROBATIC MANEUVERS, THE AIRCRAFT WAS SEEN TO DESCEN D IN A NOSE-DOWN ATTITUDE, IMPACTING THE GROUND WHILE IN A TURNING RECOVERY MANEUVER.

NTSB investigation

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