# Accident 20060514010949A: Taylor SKYBOLT, Sharpsburg, GA, May 14, 2006

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 14, 2006, 18:30 local time
- Place: Sharpsburg, GA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3139° N, 84.7725° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3139&lon=-84.7725&mi=10
- Aircraft: N78BJ, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N78BJ-2007-11-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Taylor SKYBOLT (registry code 05655G1, https://openairdocs.org/model/taylor-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-320 series (registry code 41509, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TAYLOR SKYBOLT
- Reported engine: LYC IO320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 280 total, 81 in this make and model, 5 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL06LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA079) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20060514010949A

## Narrative

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

(-23) EXAMINATION OF THE WRECKAGE REVEALED THE AIRCRAFT COLLIDED WITH THE TOP OF SEVERAL TREES IN A DESCENDING 45-DEGREE NOSE DOWN ATTITUDE ON A HEADING OF 180-DEGREES MAGNETIC. THE CORE OF THE FUSELAGE REMAINED INTACT AND WAS LYING ON THE LEFT SIDE. THE WINGS, HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND RUDDER SEPARATED AFTER COLLIDING WITH THE TREES. CONTINUITY OF ALL FLIGHT CONTROLS WAS CONFIRMED FROM THE COCKPIT AFT TO ALL FLIGHT CONTROL SURFACES. ALL FLIGHT CONTROL CABLES THAT WERE DISCONNECTED HAD FAILED IN OVERLOAD. THE PROPELLER WAS A TWO BLADED PROP AND REMAINED ATTACHED TO THE PROPELLER FLANGE. BOTH PROPELLER BLADE TIPS WERE BENT AFT APPROXIMATELY SIX INCHES FROM THE TIPS. ONE PROPELLER BLADE EXHIBITED EVIDENCE OF A POSSIBLE TREE IMPACT AND "S" BENDING WAS PRESENT ON THE PROPELLER BLADE. THE SPINNER RECEIVED DAMAGE. THE LYCOMING RECIPROCATING 150 HORSEPOWER ENGINE, MODEL NO. IO-320 WAS DAMAGED. THE ENGINE OIL SUMP HAD A FOUR INCH HOLE AS A RESULT OF THE STARTER IMPACTING THE ENGINE. THE MAIN LANDING GEAR WAS MANGLED ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE FUEL TANK WAS RUPTURED AND NO FUEL WAS EVIDENT IN THE TANK. THE FUEL LINES WERE DISCONNECTD AND FUEL WAS PRESENT.

## 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 ATL06LA079](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL06LA079), May 14, 2006: Taylor Skybolt (N78BJ), Sharpsburg, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's loss of control while conducting aerobatic flight. Factors in the accident were the pilot's ostentatious display, and lack of recent and total experience in type of operation.

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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