- Date
- June 5, 1985, 15:40 local (22:40 UTC)
- Place
- Orland, CA
- Injuries
- 2 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N99108de Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850605022629A
- Case key
- 40168
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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 plt reported that during a loop, the eng lost power, then the acft entered an inverted spin. He said that he had gotten out of the inverted spin & was recovering from a regular spin when the acft struck the ground. According to a witness, the plt entered the maneuver from a very low altitude & the eng stalled as the acft was going straight up. No preimpact part failure or malfunction was found. The plt was observed consuming several beers prior to the acdnt. A blood test showed that he had an alcohol level of 0.145%.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99108
- Reported as
- de Havilland DH 82A Tiger Moth (DH 82A TIG)
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- T5378
- Engine
- unknown UNK/NR, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Wayne S. Elliott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- 037
- Destination
- 037
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
- 47
- Certificates
- Flight engineer, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 11,190 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- CIC, 16 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.