- Date
- March 15, 1992, 14:30 local (21:30 UTC)
- Place
- Grant, NE
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N300MTExtra Flugzeugbau 300
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920315006189A
- Case key
- 15220
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadequate aircraft control while performing aerobatic maneuvers.
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
Shortly after it took off, witnesses observed the experimental airplane 'level off gaining speed before pulling up to a...near vertical climb.' The airplane climbed to an estimated 500 feet above the terrain, then entered a steep right bank and descent into the ground. Post-accident investigation revealed no evidence of pre-impact mechanical malfunction.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N300MT
- Reported as
- Extra Flugzeugbau 300
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 014
- Airframe hours
- 215
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-540-L1BS, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomsic, Michael F
- Registered owner
- Thomsic, Michael F
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 21, 1992 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- BFF · Scottsbluff, NE
- Airport
- GGF · Grant Municipal, runway 15, 3,800 × 50 ft
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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 335 total · 148 in this make and model · 252 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 14 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 18 knots, gusting 23
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 59 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.