Logan STEEN SKYBOLT N5NL

Summary

On 18 April 1983 at about 22:01 local time, a Logan STEEN SKYBOLT registered N5NL was involved in an accident near Greenville, Texas, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 were seriously injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 April 1983 at 22:01

Classification

Accident

Location

Greenville, Texas, United States

Nearest airport

Majors (GVT)

Coordinates

33.1906, -96.1106

Aircraft

Logan STEEN SKYBOLT

Registration

N5NL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW83FA194

2 people were seriously injured.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

THE ACFT COLLIDED WITH TREES AFTER THE PLT ATTEMPTED AN AEROBATIC MANEUVER AT LOW ALT. WITNESSES SAID THEY OBSERVED THE ACFT MAKE A LOW PASS OVER A HOUSE JUST BEFORE THE ACCIDENT. THEN THE ACFT STARTED AN AEROBATIC MANEUVER FROM 200 FT AGL.A CORPORATE PLT WITNESS SAID THE ACFT NOSE WENT UP TO ABOUT A 45 DEGREE CLIMB AND THE ACFT SNAP ROLLED. INSTEAD OF STOPPING THE ROLL RIGHT SIDE UP THE ROLL CONTINUED TO THE INVERTED POSITION AND THE NOSE PITCHED DOWN. THE ACFT APPEAREDTO BE RECOVERING WHEN IT COLLIDED WITH TREES IN AN UPRIGHT POSITION. THE RECOVERY WAS ATTEMPTED THE SAME AS COMING OUT OF A LOOP OR SPLIT'S' MANEUVER. THE TREES THAT WERE HIT WERE ABOUT 20 FT TALL AND THE ACFT WAS IN ABOUT A 20 DEGREE NOSEDOWN ATTITUDE AT IMPACT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.