Jacob Tussel EVERETT B1 N30BP

Summary

On 31 May 1998 at about 20:22 local time, a Jacob Tussel EVERETT B1 registered N30BP was involved in an accident near Stanley, New Mexico, 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

31 May 1998 at 20:22

Classification

Accident

Location

Stanley, New Mexico, United States

Coordinates

35.1404, -105.9695

Aircraft

Jacob Tussel EVERETT B1

Registration

N30BP

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Stanley → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW98FA248

1 person died.

The pilot's intentional performance of an aerobatic maneuver at an altitude insufficient for a safe recovery.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

Witnesses said the pilot passed over their house between 300 and 500 feet and made 'a hard right roll. They said the 'plane [engine] usually cuts out or dies when he is upside down and will restart when he levels out. The engine did restart or picked up rpm and then he banked right and leveled out. . .He dipped down at about a 30 degree angle' and impacted the ground. The witnesses said the pilot normally flew around the area once or twice a week, and it was not uncommon for him to roll the airplane at a low altitude over their house. The pilot had had a heart attack in 1994, but did not report it on his medical certification applications in 1995 and 1996. He had recently begun taking Prinivil and Pravachol. The autopsy report listed the cause of death as 'massive traumatic injuries associated with an airplane crash.'

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.