- Date
- October 7, 1984, 15:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Athens, TN
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8506CMitchell Ronald A Skybolt
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841007054389A
- Case key
- 6654
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft collided with the ground inverted with the rt wing and nose hitting first. Witnesses said that the acft appeared to be doing aerobatics and entered a flat inverted spin. The plt/owner in the back seat held an ATP certificateand reportedly had over 1000 hrs single eng flt time. The front seat occupant was a pvt plt with about 300 hrs single eng flt time with no solo time in this make of acft. It is unknown who was flying the dual control acft but the rear seat plts left arm was fractured while the front seat plt had no broken bones in the hands or feet.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8506C
- Reported as
- Mitchell Ronald A Skybolt
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 001
- Airframe hours
- 116
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Charlie Ray Wilson &R. Axley
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 28, 1984 · 769 hours before
- Departed
- MMI · Athens, TN
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Medical
- Unknown, Unknown
- Flight hours
- 1,700 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.