- Date
- July 3, 1987, 12:58 local (19:58 UTC)
- Place
- Kirkland, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7SDDavis Midget Mustang
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870703032039A
- Case key
- 25310
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During a low level aerobatic flight, the aircraft collided with the terrain after completing a roll. There were no mechanical failures or malfunctions reported. The plt performed the last roll in view of two friends driving in a car near the acc scene. Several maneuvers were performed over the car and during the recovery from the last roll the friends saw the acfts belly hit the ground. The airplane hit a 4 ft deep depression in the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7SD
- Reported as
- Davis Midget Mustang (MIDGET MUS)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 762
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 135 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Knuth, Theodore R.
- Registered owner
- Jon Quick
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- PRC · Prescott, AZ
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
- 26
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 180 in the last 90 days · 60 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 200° at 14 knots, gusting 21
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PRC, 22 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.