- Date
- November 23, 1983, 15:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- El Reno, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N600GAGulfstream Peregrine
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831123058569A
- Case key
- 21088
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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
At about 215 KTS the plt rolled the acft in order to evaluate newly installed ailerons. It had been noted earlier that a dead-band existed in the aileron neutral range that increased with airspeed. The plt stated that upon rollout the dead-band was stronger & slowed the recovery which resulted in an additional roll. As the acft continued its roll, the nose-down attitude increased causing the acft to accelerate at an ever increasing rate. During the rollout of the second roll, the stick resistance caused the plt to push considerably harder, inadvertently pushing the stick through neutral to the opposite side. An immediate and rapid aileron roll reversal resulted & any action that the pilot took would not affect the rate of roll or descent. The plt ejected below 3000 ft MSL while in inverted flt.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N600GA
- Reported as
- Gulfstream Peregrine
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 601
- Airframe hours
- 242
- Engine
- P&W JT-15D-4, 2,500 lbs thrust, turbo fan
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · April 20, 1983 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- PWA · Oklahoma City, OK
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
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 10,763 total · 129 in this make and model · 10,334 as pilot in command · 49 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 320° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.