Hildebrand SPEZIO SPORT DAL-1 N1141L

Summary

On 17 June 1985 at about 00:35 local time, a Hildebrand SPEZIO SPORT DAL-1 registered N1141L was involved in an accident near Gravois Mills, Missouri, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

17 June 1985 at 00:35

Classification

Accident

Location

Gravois Mills, Missouri, United States

Coordinates

38.3003, -92.8206

Aircraft

Hildebrand SPEZIO SPORT DAL-1

Registration

N1141L

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Osage Beach → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MKC85FA133

2 people died.

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

WITNESSES REPORTED THAT THE ACFT MADE AT LEAST TWO COMPLETE CIRCLES OVER A COVE ON LAKE OF THE OZARKS AT LOW ALT. PART OF THE ACFT TRACK TOOK IT OVER THE SOUTHEAST SHORELINE WHERE SEVERAL LAKE HOMES ARE LOCATED. DURING THE THIRD CIRCLE, AS THE ACFT APPROACHED THE LAKE IN A RT TURN, THE RT WING DROPPED ABRUPTLY, THE ACFT DESCENDED AND HIT A COVERED BOAT DOCK. THE ACFT THEN FELL INTO THE LAKE BESIDE THE DOCK.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.