- Date
- October 2, 1990, 15:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Clearwater, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N10EKErik K. Van Der Kaay Marco J-5
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901002043919A
- Case key
- 32731
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Probable cause
The pilot's inadvertent deployment of the air brakes at a low altitude.
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
The pilot departed from runway 15 and remained in a closed left traffic pattern. Witnesses observed the airplane on an extended downwind above a residental area between 50 and 150 feet AGL. The airplane was observed to make a left turn with an estimated angle of bank between 45 and 75 degrees. The nose pitched down 45 degrees and the airplane descended rapidly. The left wing tip collided with a roof top prior to the airplane crashing on the roof. Investigation revealed the flaperons and air brake were extended.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10EK
- Reported as
- Erik K. Van Der Kaay Marco J-5
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 0135
- Airframe hours
- 36
- Engine
- Iame KFM1-7ERMAX1, 30 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Erik K. Van Der Kaay
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 13, 1990 · 11 hours before
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 46
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,200 total · 28 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 6 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 68 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CLW, 1 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.