- Date
- August 1, 1987, 13:14 local (17:14 UTC)
- Place
- Lk Buena Vista, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N910DWBuccaneer XA-430
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870801040299A
- Case key
- 31774
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The accident occurred while the acft was flying at an EST 800 to 1000 ft. persons on the grnd heard a bang, then looked up and saw the acft in a spin to the rt with the rt wing folded back over the fuselage. The acft hit the grnd in a near vertical attitude. Two witnesses saw the acft doing loops just prior to the accident. The acft is prohibited from doing aerobatics. The plt had been warned by another aerobatic plt not to perform aerobatics on another occasion. An exam of the wreckage revealed that the rt wing attach shackle had failed in overload.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N910DW
- Reported as
- Buccaneer XA-430
- Category
- Ultralight, amateur-built
- Serial number
- B000A226447
- Airframe hours
- 273
- Engine
- Rotax 447, 40 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Walt Disney World Co.
- Registered owner
- Walt Disney World Co.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 16, 1987
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
- 27
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 689 total · 214 in this make and model · 600 as pilot in command · 100 in the last 90 days · 25 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 72 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MCO, 14 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.