- Date
- December 19, 1992, 11:29 local (16:29 UTC)
- Place
- Greenville, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- UNREGDonald Rhodes Moni 110
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 28, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 8712
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Probable cause
The pilot's operation of the aircraft beyond its design stress limits.
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.
Loss of control - in flight
Aerobatics - performed
Stall/spin - encountered
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Wing - failure,total
Design stress limits of aircraft - exceededCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
Witnesses stated that the aircraft was performing acrobatic maneuvers above the airport. The witnesses stated that it appeared that the pilot was attempting a loop, and entered a spin. Just prior to contact with the terrain, the nose pitched up and the wings separated from the fuselage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- UNREG
- Reported as
- Donald Rhodes Moni 110
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- KFM 107 MAXI, 30 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Rhodes, Donald F.
- Registered owner
- Rhodes, Donald F.
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- GCY
- Destination
- GCY
- Airport
- GCY · Greenville Municipal, runway 5, 6,300 × 100 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 161 total · 1 in this make and model · 121 as pilot in command · 1 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 54 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TRI, 30 nm away