Individually Owned: 151,845
Corporate Owned: 143,699
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Lucedale, Mississippi 39452
Tuesady, April 27, 1993 11:59 CDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE ACFT HAD AN FAA REG NUMBER ASSIGNED AND DISPLAYED ON THE ACFT. THE ACFT DID NOT HAVE AN FAA AIRWORTHINESS INSPECTION OR CERTIFICATE AS REQUIRED BY FAA REGULATIONS. THE STUDENT PILOT DEPARTED WITH A PASSENGER AND AFTER 30 MIN WAS OBSERVED TO MAKE A HIGH SPEED LOW PASS DOWN THE DEPARTURE RUNWAY. THE FLT THEN PULLED UP INTO A NEAR VERTICAL CLIMB, AT WHICH TIME AN EXPLOSION OR BACKFIRE WAS HEARD AND A PUFF OF SMOKE APPEARED. THE AIRCRAFT THEN DID A WING OVER MANUEVER AND WAS RETURNING TO LEVEL FLIGHT WHEN THE WINGS SEPARATED. POSTCRASH EXAMINATION OF THE WING ATTACH POINTS INDICATED ALL FAILURES WERE INDICATIVE OF OVERSTRESS AND ALL FITTINGS HAD DISTORTION DAMAGE. THE ACFT MFG STATED THE DAMAGE TO THE WINGS WAS SIMILAR TO DAMAGE OF WINGS THAT WERE FAILED AT ULTIMATE LOADING OF 6.6 POS G'S IN STATIC TESTING. THE ACFT IS RESTRICTED TO 4.4 POS G'S. AFTER THE ACCIDENT THE FAA REG NUMBER WAS CUT FROM THE ACFT BEFORE TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPT ARRIVAL. THE PLT'S FATHER TOLD FAA INSPECTORS THE ACFT WAS AN ULTRALIGHT, DID NOT HAVE FAA REG, AND WAS UNDER THE U S ULTRALIGHT ASSOCIATION EXEMPTION. THE ACFT DID NOT MEET ULTRALIGHT ASSOCIATION EXEMPTION REQUIREMENTS.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
THE PILOT IN COMMAND'S OPERATION OF THE AIRCRAFT IN A MANNER WHICH EXCEEDED DESIGN LIMITATIONS WHICH RESULTED IN INFLIGHT FAILURE AND SEPARATION OF THE WINGS.
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 4/27/1993 |
| Event Day of the Week | Tuesday |
| Time of Event | 1159 |
| Event Time Zone | Central Daylight Time |
| Event City | LUCEDALE |
| Event State | MISSISSIPPI |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 39452 |
| Event Date Year | 1993 |
| Event Date Month | 4 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | |
| Event Location Longitude | |
| Event Location Airport | |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | Off Airport/Airstrip |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | -- |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | -- |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Unknown |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1151 Central Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 120 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | MOB |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 218 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 23 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | CDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Clear |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | None |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 15 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 22 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 9 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 110 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 12 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 1000 |
| Intensity of Precipitation | Unknown |
| METAR weather report | -- |
| Event Highest Injury | Fatal |
| On Ground, Fatal Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Minor Injuries | 0 |
| On Ground, Serious Injuries | 0 |
| Injury Total Fatal | 2 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 2 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1031 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | Apr 27 1993 12:00AM |
| NTSB Notification Time | 1430 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | IMAGE |
| Date of most recent change to record | Dec 11 2000 1:15PM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Visual Meteorological Cond |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N912WB |
| NTSB Number | MIA93LA130 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | None |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | None |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | SMITH |
| Aircraft Model | FW2C80TD |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | FW2C80TD |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 71915 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1100 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | Yes |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 2 |
| Number of Engines | 1 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Fixed |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | Annual |
| Date of Last Inspection | Apr 15 1993 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 30 |
| Airframe Hours | 30 |
| ELT Installed | No |
| ELT Activated | Unknown |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | SMITH, CHRISTOPHER SHANE |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | ROUTE 7 BOX 337B |
| Aircraft Owner City | LUCEDALE |
| Aircraft Owner State | MS |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 39452 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | None |
| Other Operator of large aircraft? | No |
| Certified for Part 133 or 137 Operation | Unknown |
| Operator Certificate Number | -- |
| Indicates whether an air carrier operation was scheduled or not | -- |
| Indicates Domestic or International Flight | -- |
| Operator carrying Pax/Cargo/Mail | -- |
| Type of Flying (Per_Bus / Primary) | Personal |
| Second Pilot on Board | No |
| Departure Point Same as Event | Yes |
| Departure Airport Code | |
| Departure City | |
| Departure State | |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 1130 |
| Departure Time Zone | CDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | dest & departure same, accident can occur anywhere |
| Destination Airport Code | |
| Destination City | |
| Destination State | |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Climb |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:34AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 0 |
| Runway Length | -- |
| Runway Width | -- |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |