- Date
- September 8, 1988, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Marshalls Creek, PA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N25JJBanks/Mong Sport
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report June 10, 1991
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880908038389A
- Case key
- 35977
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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 homebuilt airplane impacted the ground in a steep nose down attitude among three tall pine trees. After impact, it bounced back about three feet & came to rest. There was no damage to the trees. An exam of the prop revealed no evidence of the engine producing power at impact. Also, no fuel was found in the airplane & no evidence of fuel spillage was found on the ground, although the main fuel tank had ruptured & the fuel lines had broken. The fuel selector was found in the the right wing tank position. The pilot's log book was not found; however, on an application for a medical exam on 7/28/88, he reported that he had about 10,500 hrs of flight time. The pilot had just purchased the airplane. Records showed that he had flown it eight hours since it was purchased.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N25JJ
- Reported as
- Banks/Mong Sport
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1JJ
- Airframe hours
- 94
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Thomas L. Price
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · October 12, 1987 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- N53 · Stroudsburg, 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
- 37
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 10,500 total · 8 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 75 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.