# NTSB MIA85FA071: Fuji LM-1 "NIKKO", N2104X, Odessa, FL, January 1, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: January 1, 1985, 13:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place: Odessa, FL
- Coordinates: 28.13062, -82.589385 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.1306&lon=-82.5894&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 2 serious, 2 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31222
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA85FA071
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31222/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA071

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Abrupt maneuver, maneuvering
  - in-flight planning/decision - poor, pilot in command (cause)
  - aerobatics - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - low pass - performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - proper altitude - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - maneuver - intentional, pilot in command (cause)
  - remedial action - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering

## Analysis

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND IN AN ACFT PARKING AREA ON THE ARPT AFTER A LOW ALT LOOP WHICH WAS NOT COMPLETED PRIOR TO GROUND CONTACT. THE PLT HAD MADE ONE LOW PASS DOWN THE RWY IN FORMATION WITH ANOTHER FUJI ACFT, A 2ND PASS ENDED IN AN AILERON ROLL, AND DURING THE 3RD PASS, EST BY WITNESSES AS 10-20 FT AGL, THE PLT PULLED UP INTO A LOOP. DURING THE DESCENDING BACKSIDE OF THE LOOP INSUFFICIENT ALT REMAINED TO COMPLETE THE MANEUVER. THE ACFT SLID ON ITS BELLY INTO SEVERAL PARKED ACFT BEFORE STOPPING. THE PLT WAS GIVING A DEMO RIDE TO POTENTIAL MEMBERS OF VALIANT AIR COMMAND AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. THE PLT REPORTED NO MECHANICAL PROBLEMS WITH THE ACFT. THE TOXICOLOGY REPORTS REVELAED NO ABNORMAL LEVELS OF ANY SUBSTANCE THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED A FACTOR IN THIS ACCIDENT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N2104X (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: Fuji LM-1 "NIKKO" (LM-1 "NIKK)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 21014
- Airframe hours: 6364
- Engines: CONTINENTAL O-470-13A 225 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Business, Part 91
- Registered owner: Valiant Air Command Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: 100 hour, May 4, 1984, 34 hours before

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 37; flight engineer, airline transport; airplane ratings: single-engine land, multi-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 1, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: left; toxicology performed; flight hours: 8,218 total, 70 in this make and model, 3,218 as pilot in command, 150 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 110° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 64 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: PIE, 15 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850101000039A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850101000039A), Jan 1, 1985: Fuji LM1, Odessa, FL, Substantial damage. Struck runway and parked airplanes after attempting a loop at too low an altitude.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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