- Date
- June 12, 1986, 16:45 local (23:45 UTC)
- Place
- Mead, WA
- Injuries
- 2 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N118JBSanders Starduster TWO
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860612024129A
- Case key
- 40286
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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
A witness reported seeing the aircraft perform a series of loop maneuvers. At the top of the last loop, the acft rolled upright then rolled into a near vertical right spin which continued to ground impact. The pilot had no history ofspin recovery practice in this acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N118JB
- Reported as
- Sanders Starduster TWO (STARDUSTER)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1909
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-C1C, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Norman K. Mccoy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Departed
- GEG · Spokane, WA
- Destination
- SFF · Spokane, WA
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
- 61
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 1,600 total
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 30 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SFF, 7 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.