- Date
- May 24, 1986, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Mattoon, IL
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N85JCJerry Cox Goldwing
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860524033609A
- Case key
- 13339
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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
The acft was circling a racetrack at a relatively low alt, described as between 800-1500 ft AGL, with the eng throttled back. During a subsequent steep bank to the left while accelerating the left wing failed and the acft crashed into the trees.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N85JC
- Reported as
- Jerry Cox Goldwing
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 21002
- Airframe hours
- 33
- Engine
- Bombardier ROTAX, 47 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jerry L. Cox
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 15, 1985 · 2 hours before
- Departed
- MTO · Mattoon, IL
- Destination
- MTO · Mattoon, IL
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 111 total · 33 in this make and model · 57 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 8,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTO, 1 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.