- Date
- June 1, 1983, 20:00 local (Jun 2, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Milan, NH
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N98JPMcdonald Steen Skybolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830601022009A
- Case key
- 35112
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The purpose of the flt was preparation of an act for some planned air shows. The pilot maneuvered the acft into an inverted spin at an alt of 2000 AGL. After 3 revolutions of the spin he was unable to recover and the acft impacted the ground inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98JP
- Reported as
- Mcdonald Steen Skybolt (STEEN SKYB)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- MD01
- Airframe hours
- 1,283
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-AD, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Herman M. Pageau
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1983 · 4 hours before
- Airport
- BML · Berlin
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
- 57
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 1,310 total · 1,219 in this make and model · 10 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.