- Date
- September 28, 1991, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Johnson, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N999JFJoseph P. Frasca Astrocraft
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910928043509A
- Case key
- 23210
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Probable cause
The loss of control for unknown reasons, and procedures for emergency equipment not followed, which resulted in parachute separation.
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
During a daylight flight over an airport, the airplane was observed to descend out of control to ground impact. The pilot exited the airplane in an attempt to parachute to safety; however, the parachute was not attached to the pilot and the pilot fell to the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N999JF
- Reported as
- Joseph P. Frasca Astrocraft
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 100JF
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Joseph P. Frasca, doing business as Joe Frasca Air Shows
- Registered owner
- Joseph P. Frasca
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · October 1, 1989
- Departed
- F39 · Grayson County, TX
- Destination
- C16 · Frasca Field, IL
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
- 34
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Unknown
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 4,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.