- Date
- June 19, 1989, 18:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Elk Rapids, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N199BPBeneteau Steen Skybolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19890619016139A
- Case key
- 14195
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control while attempting an aerobatic maneuver. Factors related to the were: inadequate altitude and lack of total experience in type of aircraft.
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
Witnesses reported seeing the pilot make a low pass (300 ft AGL) over the runway during which the airplane entered a roll to the left. When the airplane reached the inverted position, it pitched downward and descended to impact with the terrain. The pilot purchased the airplane on the day of the accident and had approximately 1 hour flight time in the airplane.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N199BP
- Reported as
- Beneteau Steen Skybolt (STEEN SKYB)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 23106
- Airframe hours
- 195
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1D, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Peter C. Morrison, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1989 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- M103 · Yuba
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
- 62
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 9,780 total · 3 in this make and model · 9,300 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 29 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVC, 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.