- Date
- April 11, 1988, 17:40 local (Apr 12, 1988, 00:40 UTC)
- Place
- Saint John, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N76JJSteen Skybolt GT-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880411034999A
- Case key
- 40799
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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
After tkof witnesses said the acft did a maneuver at 50-60 ft AGL that involved a steep (90 degree) banked turn to a snap roll. The biwing acft was capable of aerobatic flt and the plt had discussed aerobatic roll maneuvers on tkof with the acft co-owner. The co-owner said the acft was 'easy to snap roll.' He thought the plt might have been turning to avoid a house, then was unprepared to recover when the acft rolled. Recovery from the maneuver was not completed. The acft struck the gnd right wing first, cartwheeled, and burned. There was no evidence of physical impairment, control malfunction, or obstructed flt controls.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76JJ
- Reported as
- Steen Skybolt GT-2 (SKYBOLT GT)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1-1-75
- Airframe hours
- 412
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Fire
- On-Ground
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- David J. Nagel
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 29, 1987 · 104 hours before
- Airport
- 8WA7 · Larmie Field, runway 20, 2,000 × 50 ft, gravel
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
- 32
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 874 total · 136 in this make and model · 831 as pilot in command · 58 in the last 90 days · 40 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 30 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 68 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- GEG, 30 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.