- Date
- July 21, 1984, 17:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Nashville, AR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N937BWBobby Wayne Watkins Mini Coupe
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19840721033749A
- Case key
- 33540
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The builder/owner/plt had flown the home built acft for about 10 mins on its 1st test flt which was made a few days prior to the accident. On third flt, he took off on rwy 01, climbed straight-out for awhile, made a left turn to x-wind leg & started a downwind turn at aprx 600 ft AGL. At about that point, the acft entered a spin, made aprx 3 turns & impacted in a nose down attitude. An exam of the acft revealed no preimpact part failure or malfunction. The plt had a student license & was endorsed for solo flt in Cessna 150 acft. The density alt was aprx 2500 ft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N937BW
- Reported as
- Bobby Wayne Watkins Mini Coupe
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- MC143
- Engine
- Volkswagen 1700, 40 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Bobby Wayne Watkins
- Registered owner
- Bobby W. Watkins
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- M77 · Nashville, AR
- Airport
- M77 · Howard County, runway 1, 3,700 × 50 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
- 39
- Certificate
- Student
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 93 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 70° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 90 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TXK, 35 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.