# NTSB NYC83FNC04: Mcdonald Steen Skybolt, N98JP, Milan, NH, June 2, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Serious injuries · Final report
- Date: June 1, 1983, 20:00 local (Jun 2, 1983, 00:00 UTC)
- Place: Milan, NH
- Location: 44.5793° N, 71.1564° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs from NTSB’s distance and direction from BERLIN RGNL (BML), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.5793&lon=-71.1564&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Serious injuries
- Injuries: 1 serious
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 35112
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC83FNC04
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/35112/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC83FNC04

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- In flight collision with terrain/water, maneuvering
  - aerobatics - performed, pilot in command (contributing factor)
  - altitude - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N98JP-1993-03-08), registration cancelled 1993-03-08, S/N MD01 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: MCDONALD STEEN SKYBOLT (STEEN SKYB)
- Registry model: [Mcdonald SKYBOAT](https://openairdocs.org/model/mcdonald-skyboat) (registry code 05655H5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: MD01
- Airframe hours: 1283
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 57; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830601022009A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830601022009A), Jun 1, 1983: Amtrsn SKYBOLT, Milan, NH, Substantial damage. Pilot practicing aerobatics for airshow entered inverted spin and could not recover before crashing to ground.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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