- Date
- April 29, 1990, 12:01 local (16:01 UTC)
- Place
- New Haven, MI
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N103GMMoore Acroduster II SA750
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 12, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900429012089A
- Case key
- 14442
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Probable cause
The pilot's the improper execution and/or recovery from an aerobatic maneuver (inverted flat spin), which resulted in a collision with the terrain.
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 pilots were practicing aerobatic maneuvers when the accident occurred. According to witnesses, two inverted flat spins had been performed successfully. The accident occurred during the third inverted flat spin when a failure to recover resulted in impact with the terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N103GM
- Reported as
- Moore Acroduster II SA750 (ACRODUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 103
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-G1C5, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gordon C. Moore
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
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 22,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 64 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MTC
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.