- Date
- February 18, 1988, 15:06 local (21:06 UTC)
- Place
- Yorkville, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N84HMHill Bushby Mustang II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 16, 1990
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880218002719A
- Case key
- 13852
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Probable cause
Performance of aerobatic maneuvers with insufficient altitude for recovery.
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
According to witnesses, the aircraft appeared to be coming out of a loop when it crashed in an open field. During impact, the aircraft was extensively damaged. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N84HM
- Reported as
- Hill Bushby Mustang II (BUSHBY MUS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- MII-1145
- Airframe hours
- 163
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-E2D, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Clayton Hill
- Registered owner
- Kame Air Inc
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 2, 1987 · 23 hours before
- Departed
- 1C5 · Plainfield, IL
- Destination
- C48 · Sandwich, 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,972 total · 6 in this make and model · 1,830 as pilot in command · 6 in the last 90 days · 6 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 27 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ARR, 8 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.
Other investigations on N84HM · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.