Passonno SKYBOLT N8FP

Summary

On 27 August 1986 at about 21:25 local time, a Passonno SKYBOLT registered N8FP was involved in an accident near Moorestown, New Jersey, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

27 August 1986 at 21:25

Classification

Accident

Location

Moorestown, New Jersey, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Passonno SKYBOLT

Registration

N8FP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Philadelphi → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

NYC86FHD03

1 person 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

THE PASSONNO SKYBOLT WAS OBSERVED TO RECOVER FROM A LOOP AND THEN THE TAIL SURFACES STARTED TO SHAKE. THE ACFT THEN DESCENDED TO THE GROUND AND WAS DESTROYED BY IMPACT. EXAMINATION OF VARIOUS HORIZONTAL STABILIZER AND ELEVATOR COMPONENTS SHOWED THAT THE FAILURES WERE DUE TO OVERSTRESS AND SHEER FORCES. IT WAS NOTED THAT BOTH THE LEFT AND RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZERS HAD BEEN SUBJECTED TO A DOWNWARD FORCE. IN ADDITION THE INVESTIGATION DISCLOSED THAT THE ELEVATOR HAD NOT BEEN MODIFIED IN ACCORDANCE WITH DESIGN RECOMMENDATION REGARDING THE INSTALLATION OF LARGER ENGS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.