- Date
- June 21, 1987, 04:00 local (09:00 UTC)
- Place
- Rolling Prairie, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N2813Mcentee Stitsplaymate SA-11A
- Weather
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870621061889A
- Case key
- 13600
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Analysis
Aircraft crashed in open rising field killing pilot and destroying aircraft. Homebuilt aircraft was not ifr-equipped or certified. Pilot had less than ten hours on aircraft. No flight plan filed. No record of weather briefing, or in-flight weather advisory. SIGMET was issued for area which included numerous thunderstorms, turbulence, low ceilings and fog. Conditions were IMC at crash site at time of occurrence.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2813
- Reported as
- Mcentee Stitsplaymate SA-11A (STITSPLAYM)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 84
- Airframe hours
- 523
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Billie K. Yarberry
- Registered owner
- Frank W Mcentee
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 29, 1987 · 5 hours before
- Departed
- 1C1 · Paxton, IL
- Destination
- 3AE · Anderson, IN
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
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 220 total · 9 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Instrument (IMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- 110° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 2 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 800 ft broken
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 13 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.