# Accident 20130505006539A: Eskildsen STEEN SKYBOLT, Easton, MN, May 5, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2013, 19:30 local time
- Place: Easton, MN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7186° N, 93.9011° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7186&lon=-93.9011&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7KE, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7KE-2017-10-31) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Eskildsen STEEN SKYBOLT (registry code 0562728, https://openairdocs.org/model/eskildsen-steen-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: ESKILDSEN STEEN SKYBOLT
- Reported engine: LYCOMING O&VO-360 SER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 725 total, 106 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN13LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA256) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130505006539A

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PERFORMING LOW LEVEL AEROBATICS NEAR A FRIEND'S FARM PROPERTY.

THE PILOT CONCLUDED THE AEROBATICS AFTER ABOUT 5-6 MINUTES AND THEN FLEW AWAY FROM THE FARM.  HE RETURNED ABOUT A MINUTE LATER AND WAS OBSERVED FLYING SOUTHBOUND AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 1000FT AGL.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED FLYING STRAIGHT AND LEVEL WHEN THE ENGINE SOUNDED LIKE IT HAD BEEN REDUCED TO IDLE POWER, FOLLOWED BY A POP SOUND.

THE AIRCRAFT THEN ENTERED A LEFT BANK TOWARDS THE EAST.  WITNESSES STATE THAT THE ROLL RATE NEVER CEASED AND THE AIRCRAFT ENTERED A STEEP SPIRAL OR SPIN PRIOR TO IMPACTING A PLOWED CORN FIELD.

THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED.

## 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 CEN13LA256](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN13LA256), May 6, 2013: Eskildsen Steen Skybolt (N7KE), Easton, MN, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot's medical incapacitation due to an acute cardiac event after performing aerobatic maneuvers.

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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