- Date
- October 13, 1991, 15:10 local (19:10 UTC)
- Place
- Moriches, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N8182KChallenger II Bombadier
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report April 23, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19911013045869A
- Case key
- 37035
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Probable cause
A loss of control in flight due to a flight control malfunction for undetermined reasons.
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 pilot was on final approach in a homebuilt airplane when he experienced a flight control problem. According to a passenger, the right flaperon did not respond to control inputs. The airplane banked left and crashed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8182K
- Reported as
- Challenger II Bombadier
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- CH20189W0386
- Engine
- Rotax UNK, 50 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Donald J. Warren
- Registered owner
- Robert A. Oneill
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · January 2, 2000
- Departed
- 4NY7 · East Moriches, NY
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
- 55
- Certificate
- Private
- Medical
- Class 3, Expired
- Seat
- Front
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 137 total · 2 in this make and model · 29 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Temperature
- 50 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.