# NTSB FTW86FA096: Meyers 200B, N34397, Krum, TX, May 31, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: May 31, 1986, 15:15 local (20:15 UTC)
- Place: Krum, TX
- Coordinates: 33.260177, -97.21981 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.2602&lon=-97.2198&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 21908
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=FTW86FA096
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/21908/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW86FA096

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - aerobatics - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - improper, pilot in command (cause)
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - maneuver - uncontrolled, pilot in command (cause)
  - ostentatious display, pilot in command

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N34397-2014-12-22), registration cancelled 2014-12-22, S/N 279, built 1963 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: Meyers Aircraft Co. 200B
- Registry model: [Meyers Industries 200B](https://openairdocs.org/model/meyers-industries-200b) (registry code 5650306) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental I0-470 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-i0-470-series) (registry code 17027, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 279
- Airframe hours: 1900
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 63; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860531019849A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860531019849A), May 31, 1986: Propjt 200B, Krum, TX, Destroyed. The aircraft impacted the ground during an attempted barrel roll at low altitude.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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