- Date
- November 2, 1984, 17:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- El Reno, OK
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5064LBellanca 8KCAB
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841102075659A
- Case key
- 21502
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 acft was destroyed on impact with the ground after being observed by ground witnesses to go out of control during anaerobatic maneuver. There was a difference of opinions as to what happened. One witness described the ground collision having been from an inverted attitude. Two others stated that the acft rolled right-side-up and looped, diving into the ground. The plt was experienced aviator, but had little aerobatic experience. His log indicated no aerobatic training. He had logged 8 flts in the accident acft and practiced aerobatics on 2 of those flights. The acft is capable of inverted flt for 2 minutes. A precaution notes that after inverted flt, one minute positive 'g' flt maybe required to refill an exhausted header fuel tank.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5064L
- Reported as
- Bellanca 8KCAB
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 585-80
- Airframe hours
- 452
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-H1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Novotny, Michael P.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic; Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 30, 1984 · 16 hours before
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
- 27
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 15 in this make and model · 92 in the last 90 days · 34 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- OKC, 28 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.