Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Little America, Wyoming 82929
Saturday, August 25, 1984 10:30 MDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
ABOUT 10 MIN AFTER TAKEOFF AT 1005 MDT, THE PLT WAS CLEARED TO CLIMB TO FL 190. THIS WAS ATC'S LAST COMMUNICATION WITH THE ACFT. AT 1030:39, THE CONTROLLER ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT THE PLT TO ADVISE THAT HE HAD LOST RADAR CONTACT & TO RECYCLE THE TRANSPONDER & SQUAWK 6062. THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. TWO WITNESSES REPORTED SEEING THE ACFT JUST BEFORE IT IMPACTED THE GROUND. ACCORDING TO THEM, THEY SAW FIRE &/OR AN EXPLOSION BEFORE IMPACT & ONE WITNESS REPORTED THE ACFT BROKE UP AFTER IT CAME BELOW AN ESTIMATED 1000 TO 1200 FT CEILING. HOWEVER, THE WRECKAGE WAS SCATTERED OVER A 2 MI AREA. AN EXAM REVEALED EVIDENCE OF A CATASTROPHIC IN-FLT BREAKUP FROM OVERLOAD WHICH INCLUDED POSITIVE OVERLOAD OF BOTH WINGS. RADAR DATA SHOWED THAT JUST BEFORE RADAR CONTACT WAS LOST, THE ACFT'S SPEED VARIED BETEEN 221 & 272 KTS, HEADING VARIED FROM 072 TO 014 DEG & VERTICAL VELOCITY VARIED FROM +300 TO -2400 FT/MIN. THUNDERSTORMS, TURBC, RAIN & CLD TOPS TO 25,000' WERE REPORTED. PROBABLE LGT TO MOD ICING IN CLDS ABOVE THE FREEZING LVL (14,000'). ACFT HAD WX RADAR ABOARD.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 8/25/1984 |
| Event Day of the Week | Saturday |
| Time of Event | 1030 |
| Event Time Zone | Mountain Daylight Time |
| Event City | LITTLE AMERICA |
| Event State | WYOMING |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 82929 |
| Event Date Year | 1984 |
| Event Date Month | 8 |
| 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 | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | -- |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Full |
| Investigator's weather source | Witness |
| Time of the weather observation | 1100 Mountain Daylight Time |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 70 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | RKS |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 6760 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 57 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | MDT |
| Lighting Conditions | Day |
| Lowest Ceiling Height | 0 |
| Lowest Non-Ceiling Height | 1200 |
| Sky/Lowest/Cloud Conditions | Unknown |
| Sky Condition for Lowest Ceiling | Unknown |
| Visibility Runway Visual Range (Feet) | 0 |
| Visibility Runway Visual Value (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Visibility (Statute Miles) | 0 |
| Air Temperature at event time (in degrees celsius) | 21 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 10 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 0 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 0 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 8564 |
| 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 | 4 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 4 |
| Investigating Agency | NTSB |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 2900 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 26879 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 9:15AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Basic weather conditions | Unknown |
| FAA District Office | -- |
Aircraft Involved |
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|---|---|
Aircraft #1 |
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| Aircraft Registration Number | N9150N |
| NTSB Number | DEN84MA266 |
| Missing Aircraft Indicator | N |
| Federal Aviation Reg. Part | Part 91: General Aviation |
| Type of Flight Plan filed | IFR |
| Flight plan Was Activated? | -- |
| Damage | Destroyed |
| Aircraft Fire | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | In-flight |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | AERO COMMANDER |
| Aircraft Model | 690 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | 690 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 11063 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 10250 |
| Aircraft Category | Airplane |
| Aircraft Registration Class | U.S. Registered/U.S. Soil |
| Aircraft is a homebuilt? | No |
| Flight Crew Seats | -- |
| Cabin Crew Seats | -- |
| Passenger Seats | -- |
| Total number of seats on the aircraft | 8 |
| Number of Engines | 2 |
| Fixed gear or retractable gear | Retractable |
| Aircraft, Type of Last Inspection | 100 Hour |
| Date of Last Inspection | Mar 14 1984 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | -- |
| Airframe Hours | -- |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | DR. JAMES P. DEMETRY |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | 116 VALLEY VIEW DRIVE |
| Aircraft Owner City | OROVILLE |
| Aircraft Owner State | CA |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | 95965 |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | |
| Operator Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | Yes |
| Operator Street Address | |
| Operator City | |
| Operator State | |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | |
| Operator Code | |
| Owner has at least one certificate | Yes - certificate holder |
| 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 | No |
| Departure Airport Code | OGD |
| Departure City | OGDEN |
| Departure State | UT |
| Departure Country | |
| Departure Time | 955 |
| Departure Time Zone | MDT |
| Destination Same as Local Flt | -- |
| Destination Airport Code | ARR |
| Destination City | AURORA |
| Destination State | IL |
| Destination Country | |
| Specific Phase of Flight | Descent |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Jan 2 2001 10:36AM |
| 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 | -- |