- Date
- August 27, 1986, 17:25 local (21:25 UTC)
- Place
- Moorestown, NJ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8FPPassonno Skybolt
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report January 25, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860827042519A
- Case key
- 30219
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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 passonno skybolt was observed to recover from a loop and then the tail surfaces started to shake. The acft then descended to the ground and was destroyed by impact. Examination of various horizontal stabilizer and elevator components showed that the failures were due to overstress and sheer forces. It was noted that both the left and right horizontal stabilizers had been subjected to a downward force. In addition the investigation disclosed that the elevator had not been modified in accordance with design recommendation regarding the installation of larger engs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8FP
- Reported as
- Passonno Skybolt
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 390
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4A5, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- John D. Ransome
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 15, 1986 · 14 hours before
- Departed
- PNE · Philadelphi, PA
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
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 3,500 total · 20 in this make and model · 3,000 as pilot in command · 25 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.