- Date
- August 24, 1986, 12:00 local (16:00 UTC)
- Place
- Fellsmere, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N49PRussell Post Moni Motorglider
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860824082159A
- Case key
- 31512
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Witnesses reported seeing the aircraft performing aerobatic maneuvers at approximately 1500 feet. The aircraft was later found with the tail surfaces separated. The tail surfaces were found 300 and 400 feet from the main wreckage. A metallurgical examination of the attach points for the tail surfaces revealed all failures to be from overstress. According to available records, the pilot had very little aerobatic training and experience.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49P
- Reported as
- Russell Post Moni Motorglider (MONI MOTOR)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 34
- Airframe hours
- 16
- Engine
- KFM TYPE 107, 25 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Russell H. Post
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · June 28, 1986 · 16 hours before
- Departed
- X26 · Sebastian, FL
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
- 56
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 260 total · 16 in this make and model · 240 as pilot in command · 16 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VRB, 12 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.