- Date
- December 17, 1987, 15:45 local (20:45 UTC)
- Place
- Monroe, NC
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9132HFairchild M-62A-3
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871217070339A
- Case key
- 7574
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Reptdly, the flt purpose was to administer a bfr to the plt/owner of the acft. The first takeoff was aborted. The acft deptd again without an apparent problem. After about 30 minutes, the apt mgr heard and saw the acft in a vertical descent and rotating about the longitudinal axis. It disappeared behind trees. The wreckage was found in a woodland and the wreckage scatter pattern indicated an inflight break-up. No evidence of rot was found in the primary wood structure of the aircraft. It was not determined what maneuver preceded the breakup or which pilot was operating the flight controls.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9132H
- Reported as
- Fairchild M-62A-3
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T44 4425
- Airframe hours
- 1,292
- Engine
- Ranger 6-44D-C5, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Terry G. Quick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 10, 1987 · 11 hours before
- Departed
- 28A · Indian Trail, NC
- Airport
- 28A · Goose Creek
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 27
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 827 total · 676 as pilot in command · 67 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 46 °F, dew point 18 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLT, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.