- Date
- May 31, 1986, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place
- Krum, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N34397Meyers 200B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860531019849A
- Case key
- 21908
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
The retired airline captain was returning to a retirement party for another airline captain. He began a barrel roll from a relatively low pass over the party, but collided with the ground on pull out. Alcohol was not a factor.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N34397
- Reported as
- Meyers 200B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 279
- Airframe hours
- 1,900
- Engine
- Continental IO-520-A, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Marion H. Wright
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 1, 1986 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- FTW · Fort Worth, TX
- Destination
- Krum, TX
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
- 63
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine sea, Multi-engine sea, Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 33,172 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Not reported
- Wind
- 360° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 70 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.