- Date
- September 30, 1990, 09:55 local (16:55 UTC)
- Place
- Mojave, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1CWFolland Gnat T-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900930043209A
- Case key
- 26554
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Probable cause
The pilots failure to correct a descent during a low level aerobactics.
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
Witnesses reported the aircraft had made several low passes over the runway while performing low level aerobatics for filming purposes. On the last pass the pilot attempted a slow roll. When the aircraft reached the inverted position it hesitated and then descended inverted into the ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1CW
- Reported as
- Folland Gnat T-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- FL 537
- Engine
- Rolls-Royce OLYMPUS 593, 5,100 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeti Incorporated
- Registered owner
- Jeti Incorporated
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Airport
- MHV · Mojave
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 5,000 total · 20 in this make and model · 4,800 as pilot in command
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 100 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °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.