- Date
- February 12, 1990, 11:03 local (18:03 UTC)
- Place
- Oro Valley, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 minor; on the ground: 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3SNBeech F-33A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900212001999A
- Case key
- 26613
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Probable cause
The pilot's poor judgement in performing low level aerobatic maneuvers.
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
Ground witnesses observed the airplane performing a low level aerobactic maneuver at about 400 feet AGL. The airplane descended during the maneuver and struck the chimney of a residence under construction. A construction worker on the roof sustained minor injuries when he fell. No evidence of airplane/engine mechanical failure/malfunction was found.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3SN
- Reported as
- Beech F-33A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- CE 745
- Airframe hours
- 1,751
- Engine
- Continental IO 550B(4), 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Norris, Richard S.
- Registered owner
- Norris, Richard S
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Utility
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 8, 1989 · 39 hours before
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
- 60
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 17,292 total · 14 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 10 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- 14,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TUS, 21 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.