# NTSB MIA87FA020: Bushby MM-1, N3059, New Smyrna Bch, FL, November 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Field investigation · Final report
- Date: November 1, 1986, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place: New Smyrna Bch, FL
- Location: 29.0258° N, 80.9270° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of New Smyrna Beach, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.0258&lon=-80.9270&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 31732
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA87FA020
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/31732/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA87FA020

## Sequence of events

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

- In flight collision with object, maneuvering
  - object - tree(s) (contributing factor)
  - aerobatics - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - proper altitude - not attained, pilot in command (cause)
  - altitude - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - judgment - poor, pilot in command (cause)

## Analysis

WITNESSES, INCLUDING THE VICTIM'S SON RIDING AS A PAX IN ANOTHER ACFT FLYING AT 800 FT, OBSERVED THE MIDGET MUSTANG COMING UP FROM THE RIGHT, BEHIND AND BELOW THEM. WHILE STILL BELOW THEIR ALT, THE MUSTANG WAS OBSERVED TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT, AWAY FROM THEM, ROLL INVERTED AND ATTEMPT A 'SPLIT-S' MANEUVER. THE 'SPLIT-S' WAS NOT COMPLETED BEFORE THE ACFT STRUCK THE TOP OF A TREE ABOUT 50 FT HIGH AND CRASHED TO THE GROUND. THE PLT WITNESS, A FRIEND OF THE DECEASED PLT, STATED THAT ON PAST OCCASSIONS HE HAD OBSERVED THE PLT PULL UP IN THE VICINITY OF HIS ACFT AND PERFORM A ROLL.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N3059 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BUSHBY MM-1
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 389
- Engines: LYCOMING O-235-C1 115 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Joseph G. Schulte
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed: X50, NEW SMYRNA BCH, FL
- Destination: 44J, DAYTONA BEACH, FL

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; airline transport; airplane ratings: multi-engine land, single-engine land; instrument ratings: airplane; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; toxicology performed; flight hours: 30,000 total, 300 in this make and model

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 360° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 1,300 ft broken
- Temperature: 81 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observed at: DAB, 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19861101082309A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19861101082309A), Nov 1, 1986: Amtrbb MUSTANGMIDGT, New Smyrna Beac, FL, Destroyed. The aircraft struck trees during a split s maneuver. The pilot flew aerobatics below a safe or legal 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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