- Date
- October 31, 1987, 13:18 local (18:18 UTC)
- Place
- Lawrenceville, IL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N41682Bellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871031061439A
- Case key
- 13924
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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
While performing aerobatic maneuvers the aircraft entered a spin to the left and did not recover before impacting the ground. The acft entered the spin after the plt announced that this spin would be the last maneuver before landing. The spin was started at about 1000 ft AGL. Rotation stopped and nose was being raised but the acft contacted the ground before recovery was completed. This type of lunchtime airshow was not sanctioned by FAA, but had become a tradition at this flt school during 'dads weekend'.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N41682
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11573
- Airframe hours
- 1,564
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brd Trustees Vincennes Univ
- Registered owner
- Board Of Trustees Vincennes
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1987 · 64 hours before
- Departed
- LWV
- Destination
- LWV
- Airport
- LWV · Lawrenceville Vincinnes
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
- 41
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 4,368 as pilot in command · 122 in the last 90 days · 43 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 9 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- EVV, 43 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.