- Date
- August 20, 1987, 19:29 local (Aug 21, 1987, 00:29 UTC)
- Place
- Aberdeen, SD
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N44TABushby Mustang II
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870820046789A
- Case key
- 17072
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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
Witnesses reported that they observed the acft perform two snap rolls. During the second snap roll something came off the aircraft and fell to the ground. The acft then became inverted and descended until impact with the ground. The acft impacted in a near vertical, nose low attitude in an open field. The acft canopy was found about 1/2 mi from the main wreckage. The list of operating limitatons attached to the airworthiness certificate for this acft states intentional aerobatic flight was prohibited.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44TA
- Reported as
- Bushby Mustang II
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 184
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Loren E. Lomis
- Registered owner
- Loren E Lomis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 30, 1987 · 1,495 hours before
- Departed
- ABR · Aberdeen, SD
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
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,150 total · 150 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 55 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- ABR, 6 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.