- Date
- July 16, 1988, 17:15 local (22:15 UTC)
- Place
- Fort Walton Bch, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N5358GEvans Maxair MU503
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 11, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880716028479A
- Case key
- 32214
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - in flight
Weather condition - updraftFactor
Weather condition - downdraftFactor
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
While on a personal flt with reported thunderstorms in the vicinity, the plt lost control of the homebuilt acft while on final aprch to land. The acft descended & collided with terrain.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5358G
- Reported as
- Evans Maxair MU503 (MAXAIR MU5)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0410
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Evans, Roger T.
- Registered owner
- Evans, Roger T.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
N5358GRegistration cancelled May 11, 2015 · Evans Tyrone MAXAIR MU503Airframe modelEvans Tyrone MAXAIR MU503Engine modelBombardier ROTAX (ALL)
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
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Flight hours
- 2,000 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 330° at 18 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 2,300 ft broken
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- VPS, 5 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.