- Date
- June 24, 1987, 02:35 local (06:35 UTC)
- Place
- Hilliard, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N57169Rockwell 690A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870624082009A
- Case key
- 31769
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
Radar data indicated the acft climbed normally to 9,200 feet at which time some manuever was performed with the acft. The acft then entered a near vertical dive and the last radar hit was at 6,900 feet. Examination of the acft revealed it experienced an inflight structual breakup and there was no evidence to indicate prebreakup failure or malfunction of the acft structure, flight controls, engines, engine mounts, autopilot, or systems. The operator reported one employee overheard the plt and passenger talk about rolling the acft prior to departure, and two company employees reported being onboard when the pilot had rolled it on prior occasions. One of these was at night.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57169
- Reported as
- Rockwell 690A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 11203
- Airframe hours
- 6,970
- Engine
- Garrett TPE331-5-251K, 715 horsepower, turbo prop
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- Both
- Flight
- Part 135
- Registered owner
- Bankair Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · June 17, 1987 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- JAX · Jacksonville, FL
- Destination
- ATL · Atlanta, FL
- Flight plan
- IFR
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
- 34
- Certificate
- 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
- 6,129 total · 170 in this make and model · 5,929 as pilot in command · 197 in the last 90 days · 61 in the last 30 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Night/dark
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 5 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- JAX, 10 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.