North American HARVARD MK II N2755Z

Summary

On 4 May 1996 at about 17:33 local time, a North American HARVARD MK II registered N2755Z was involved in an accident near Lafayette, Louisiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

4 May 1996 at 17:33

Classification

Accident

Location

Lafayette, Louisiana, United States

Nearest airport

Lafayette Regional (LFT)

Coordinates

30.1597, -92.0309

Aircraft

North American HARVARD MK II

Registration

N2755Z

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW96FA200

1 person died.

failure of the pilot to maintain adequate airspeed and/or altitude, while performing aerobatic flight.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

During an air show performance, the pilot made a low pass, pulled up, and entered a roll to the right. As the airplane reached the inverted position, there was hesitation, then the nose dropped, and the airplane began descending, while continuing to roll to the right. The airplane impacted the ground upright with the left wing low. Examination of the airplane and engine revealed no evidence of any mechanical discrepancies. The pilot was an experienced air show performer, who had given more than 50 air show performances in the accident make and model of airplane. He had approximately 30 hours flight time in the accident airplane.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.