# Accident 20110326007419A: Aerostar S A YAK-52, Palm Coast, FL, March 26, 2011

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 26, 2011, 16:27 local time
- Place: Palm Coast, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Other, Specify
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.4636° N, 81.2056° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.4636&lon=-81.2056&mi=10
- Aircraft: N808TD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N808TD-2017-04-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerostar S A YAK-52 (registry code 1140003, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerostar-s-a-yak-52) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSTAR S A YAK-52
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 600 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA11FA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA214) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110326007419A

## Narrative

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

THE RED THUNDER AIR SHOW TEAM IN ATTENDANCE AT THE WINGS OVER FLAGLER WARBIRD FLY IN CONSISTED OF PILOTS ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN AIRCRAFT N808TD, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IN AIRCRAFT N207YK, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IN AIRCRAFT N4059G, AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, IN AIRCRAFT N81817. THE RED THUNDER AIR SHOW TEAM WAS AT THE WINGS OVER FLAGLER WARBIRD FLY IN TO PERFORM AEROBATICS. THE RED THUNDER AERIAL TEAM PERFORMED THREE AEROBATIC FLIGHTS ON MARCH 26, 2011.THE FIRST FLIGHT OCCURRED AT 11:15, 2ND AT 1400. THE FIRST AND SECOND FLIGHTS WENT AS PLANNED. THE FOLLOWING WERE THE MANEUVERS PERFORMED.  *1- LOOP- (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^)*2-WINGOVER AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^-(^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^)  3-BANANA PASS*4- HEART, CUBAN- LOOP (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ PERFORMS LOOP AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ½ CUBAN)  5-SWITCH BLADE*6-BOMB BURST ( ½ CUBAN ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AVALANCHE)  7-BREAK AND REJOIN*8-FORM LOOP, TAILCHASE (^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^)  9- STARBURST* INDICATES MANEUVERS PERFORMED BY AEROBATIC PILOTS: LEAD PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AND ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ARE NON AEROBATIC PILOTS.THE 3RD FLIGHT STARTED OFF AS PLANNED. AFTER THE HEART MANEUVER, AIRCRAFT N808TD FLOWN BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID NOT COMPLETE THE LOOP MANEUVER AS PLANNED. IN THE PROCESS OF COMPLETING THE LOOP THE AIRCRAFT ROLLED AND BEGAN AN APPROXIMATE45 DEGREE FLIGHT PATH UNTIL THE POINT OF IMPACT, THERE WAS NO APPARENT ATTEMPT TO PULL UP BY THE PILOT ACCORDING TO WITNESSES.THE SECOND PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ FLYING AIRCRAFT N207YK FLYING THE AEROBATIC MANEUVER AFTER THE HEART EXECUTED A HALF CUBAN. AT THE TOP OF THE HALF CUBAN HE STATED, " I HAD A VISUAL ON AT THE TOP OF MY HALF CUBAN AND ALL APPEARED NORMAL. AS I COMPLETED THE HALF ROLL I SAW THE LEAD AIRCRAFT AND IT APPEARED TO BE IN A POSITION I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT SO I KEYED THE MIKE AND SAID ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ I GOT NO RESPONSE, SO I CALLED "KNOCK IT OFF" WHICH WAS TO STOP ALL MANEUVERINGS. I HEARD ON THE RADIO NO, NO, NO. I ATTEMPTED TO CALL KNOCK IT OFF AGAIN AND NO RESPONSE." PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAID HE HEARD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ YELL ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^, WITH NO RESPONSE FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.  THE NO NO NO HEARD BY ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WAS FROM PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ WHEN ASKED WHAT HE EXCEPTED TO SEE AND HE EXPLAINED, THAT AFTER THE HEART AND PERFORMING THE FOLLOWING MANEUVERS, THE LOOP FOR ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^  AND ½ CUBAN FOR ME , WHAT HE EXPECTED TO SEE WAS THE BOTTOM OF ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT, INSTEAD HE SAW THE TOP OF THE AIRCRAFTTHE LEAD NON AEROBATIC PILOT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED WHEN HE SAW ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AIRCRAFT HE WAS UPRIGHT IN AN APPROXIMATELY 45 DEGREE DOWN LINE COMING DOWN RUNWAY 24, THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON THE SAME LINE OF FLIGHT UNTIL IMPACT, ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ OBSERVED NO PITCH DEVIATION DURING THE LAST 300' OR SO OF DESCENT.  PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ SAW THE AIRCRAFT IMPACT THE GROUND, HE NEVER PULLED UP AND THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED ON A STEADY LINE DOWN TO THE POINT OF IMPACT.VIDEO SHOWS NO APPARENT ATTEMPT BY THE PILOT TO PULL UP.  NTSB IS ATTEMPTING TO OBTAIN ORIGINAL COPY. AFTER THE HEART MANEUVER, NO FURTHER COMMUNICATION WAS RECEIVED FROM ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ DID STATE AFTER A PREVIOUS PRACTICE OCCURRING ON WEDNESDAY MARCH 23, 2011 HE HAD  A CONVERSATION WITH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ AFTER PRACTICE IN WHICH ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ TOLD ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT HE NEED TO GET INTO BETTER SHAPE BECAUSE OF THE G'S. AIRCRAFT HAD POST FIRE DAMAGE, THE IMPACT SITE WAS LOCATED ABOUT 400 FEET FROM RUNWAY 24. THE AIRCRAFT WRECKAGE WAS MOSTLY CONFINED TO A SMALL AREA, AND MAJOR AIRCRAFT PARTS IDENTIFIED WERE: FUSELAGE, WINGS, STABILIZERS, RUDDER, FLAPS, AILERONS, ELEVATOR, ENGINE, AND PROP.THE RUDDER, ELEVATOR AND TRIM TABS CONTROL CABLES WERE CHECKED FOR CONTINUITY.   THE AIRCRAFT CONTROL CABLES TO THE RUDDER, ELEVATOR AND TRIM TAB WERE INTACT AND CONTINUITY CHECKED TO ATTACH POINTS. PROPELLER STRIKES, DAMAGES AND PIECES OF PROPELLER AROUND THE SCENE INDICATE THAT IT WAS ROTATING INDICATING THE AIRCRAFT ENGINE WAS PRODUCING POWER AT THE TIME OF THE C

## 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 ERA11FA214](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA11FA214), Mar 26, 2011: Aerostar S A YAK-52 (N808TD), Palm Coast, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to recover from the nose-low descent during an aerobatic maneuver.

## Other reports on N808TD (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 20070330009779I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070330009779I), Mar 30, 2007: Yaklev YAK52 (N808TD), Courtland, AL, Minor damage. (-23) Aircraft made gear-up landing at the Lawrence County Airport, Courtland, Alabama (9A4), causing minor damage to the aircraft, with no injuries reported.…
- [Incident 20050730022229I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050730022229I), Jul 30, 2005: Yaklev YAK52 (N808TD), Oshkosh, WI, Minor damage. (-23) On July 30, 2005 a yak 52, N808TD had made a normal landing on runway 27 at Oshkosh, WI. Due to a mechanical design flaw in the russian Aerostar sa…

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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