- Date
- March 8, 1992, 17:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Statesville, NC
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1337MJR. Ace E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920308005169A
- Case key
- 8566
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain altitude during a steep turn at low level.
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 airplane was observed flying over runway 02 at about 50-65 feet AGL. As it neared the 't' intersection of another runway it banked steeply & established a close downwind leg for runway 02, at the same low altitude. Once past the runway threshold a steep bank was begun to a base/final leg, according to a witness. During the steep turn, described as greater than 60 degrees, the airplane descended out of view of the witness behind intervening trees. Shortly afterwards a radio call was made on UNICOM that the airplane had crashed. The pilot did not possess a pilot certificate nor a medical certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1337M
- Reported as
- JR. Ace E
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 325
- Engine
- Continental 65, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Tager, William
- Registered owner
- Tager, William
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- NONE · Gastonia, NC
- Airport
- SVH · Statesville Muni, runway 2, 3,700 × 75 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
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Seat
- Left
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 39 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HKY, 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.