# Accident 20130511006639A: Steele Ralph Bruce STEEN SKYBOLT, Windsor, NC, May 11, 2013

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 11, 2013, 15:45 local time
- Place: Windsor, NC
- Airport: Todds Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Maneuver
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.0581° N, 76.8639° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.0581&lon=-76.8639&mi=10
- Aircraft: N858RS, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N858RS) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Steele Ralph Bruce STEEN SKYBOLT (registry code 05655BW, https://openairdocs.org/model/steele-ralph-bruce-steen-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: STEELE RALPH BRUCE STEEN SKYBOLT
- Reported engine: LYCOMING 0-360-A1D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 19,500 total, 200 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA13LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA238) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20130511006639A

## Narrative

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

^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ ARRIVED AT A FLY-IN WITH NO ISSUES. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE TOOK OFF AND WAS GOING TO PERFORM SOME WINGOVERS FOR THE CROWD. AS HE PULLED THROUGH THE WING OVER MANEUVER, HE OBSERVED THE RPM DROPPING. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STARTED TO PULL BACK ON THE CONTROL STICK BUT THE AIRCRAFT CONTINUED TO SINK AND IMPACTED A WHEAT FIELD ON A HEADING OF 159 DEGREES.

## 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 ERA13LA238](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA13LA238), May 11, 2013: Steele Ralph Bruce Steen Skybolt (N858RS), Windsor, NC, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's decision to initiate an aerobatic maneuver with insufficient altitude to recover before ground impact.

## Other reports on N858RS (1)

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

- [Accident 20020411010419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20020411010419A), Apr 11, 2002: Amtr STEENSKYBOLT (N858RS), Coeur D Alene, ID, No damage. (-23) Pilot was unable to maintain control of the aircraft upon landing, aircraft then ground looped on the runway in coe.

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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