- Date
- December 18, 1983, 14:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Oldmar, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N15RKRygg Volmer VJ22
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831218061439A
- Case key
- 30958
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Analysis
Witnesses observed the acft flying in a northerly direction over tampa bay at a height of 25 to 50 ft above the surface. Moments before crashing, the acft made an abrupt descent & passed under a power line that spinned the northern neck of the bay. Thereafter, a wing tip contacted the water & the acft cartwheeled before coming to rested inverted. The plt had become incapacited due to a cerebral hemorrhage. His latest medical certificate dated 9/19/77 had expired. The medication 'inderal,' was prescribed for the plt's high blood pressure with a dosage of 80 mg twice daily. The use of 'inderal' in excess of 100 mg daily is sufficient for dental of a plt's application for a medical certificate.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N15RK
- Reported as
- Rygg Volmer VJ22 (VOLMER VJ2)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 3
- Airframe hours
- 170
- Engine
- Franklin 235, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David C. Mcinnis
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 17, 1983 · 100 hours before
- Departed
- SPG · St. Petersburg, FL
- Destination
- Tarpon Springs, FL
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Unknown, Expired
- Seat
- Left
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 900 total · 100 in this make and model · 50 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 300° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE, 7 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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