- Date
- June 29, 1991, 14:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Keystone Hghts, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA reports
- 19910629024761A19910629024762A
- Case key
- 8327
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Probable cause
Failure of the number four pilot (in N2100J) to maintain adequate visual lookout and/or clearance from the number three aircraft (N2109L).
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
The 2 aircraft were participating as #3 and #4 in a flight of 4 fuji aircraft, performing aerial demonstrations as part of an air show. The accident occurred during the first maneuver of the demonstration. The maneuver was to have been to approach the crowd head-on in line abreast formation, followed by a left break to a trail formation parallel to the show line. N2109L was flying in the #3 position and N2100J was flying in the #4 position. The right wing tip of the #4 aircraft contacted the top of the left wing of the #3 aircraft and both aircraft impacted the terrain in an uncontrolled descent.
Aircraft · 2
- Registration
- N2109L
- Reported as
- Fuji LM 1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21010
- Airframe hours
- 975
- Engine
- Continental O-480-13A, 225 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Callahan, Dennis H.
- Registered owner
- Callahan, Dennis H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 9, 1991 · 27 hours before
- Airport
- 42J · Keystone Airpark, runway 4, 4,400 × 150 ft, asphalt
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.
- Registration
- N2100J
- Reported as
- Fuji LM 2
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 21053
- Engine
- Lycoming TIO-470, 340 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Mcdade, Nolah H.
- Registered owner
- Mcdade, Nolah H.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Airport
- 42J · Keystone Airpark, runway 4, 4,400 × 150 ft, asphalt
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 · 2
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N2109L
- Age
- 56
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,482 total
- Role
- Pilot, aircraft N2100J
- Age
- 69
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land, Multi-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 10,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 86 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GNV, 14 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 2
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.