- Date
- March 17, 1990, 18:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Quincy, FL
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N98LWWohlers Steen/Skybolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 30, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900317004579A
- Case key
- 32553
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Probable cause
Inflight loss of control for undetermined reasons.
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.
Analysis
Pilot entered right downwind from a mid field crossing. Half way through the right turn to downwind, the airplane experienced an inflight loss of control. Witnesses stated the engine appeared to lose power, then the airplane pitched over about 45 degrees, and remained in that attitude until collision with the terrain. The investigation disclosed no pre-impact malfunctions of the airplane or engine.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98LW
- Reported as
- Wohlers Steen/Skybolt (STEEN/SKYB)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 02
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vincent Vaughn & Jeff Vickers
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 15, 1990 · 25 hours before
- Departed
- TLH · Tallahassee, FL
- Airport
- 2J9 · Quincy Muni, runway 32, 3,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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
- 40
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,350 total · 20 in this make and model · 1,300 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 20 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 13,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 52 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TLH, 17 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.