- Date
- June 22, 1991, 15:10 local (22:10 UTC)
- Place
- Redding, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N45GDBeech T-34A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 27, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910622023289A
- Case key
- 27008
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain an altitude to permit the aircraft to complete the aerobatic maneuver.
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
Three Beech T-34A aircraft were in a trail formation as they entered a left aileron roll, at an altitude of 300 feet above the ground, during an air show. The third aircraft in the formation was lower than the two lead aircraft as they entered the roll. The lead aircraft completed the maneuver without incident. The third aircraft collided with the ground as it completed the roll. Debris from the wreckage struck spectators that were located behind the crowd line.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N45GD
- Reported as
- Beech T-34A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- G732
- Engine
- Continental IO520BA, 285 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Drysdale, Gordona
- Registered owner
- Drysdale, Gordona
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 1, 1991
- Airport
- Redding Muni, runway 16, 7,003 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 807 total · 652 in this make and model · 670 as pilot in command · 15 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F, dew point 41 °F
- Altimeter
- 28.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RDP, 1 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.