Individually Owned: 150,657
Corporate Owned: 137,281
Morristown Airport
Aircraft Accident/Incident Report
Morristown, New Jersey 07960
Sunday, June 12, 1983 12:30 EDT
NTSB Narrative Summary Released at Completion of Accident
THE PLT HAD BEEN ACTIVE IN ORGANIZING AN AIR SHOW, BUT WAS NOT CONSIDERED A PARTICIPANT. HOWEVER, HIS HOME BUILT ACFT WAS ON STATIC DISPLAY. ON THE 2ND DAY OF THE SHOW, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE EVENT GAVE HIM PERMISSION TO DO A FLY-BY. SUBSEQUENTLY, HE INITIATED A PASS DOWN RWY 23 AT AN ALTITUDE OF APRX 150 FT AGL. DURING THE PASS, THE ACFT BEGAN TO PORPOISE, MADE 2 OSCILLATIONS ABOUT THE LATERAL AXIS, THEN BEGAN TO DISINTEGRATE. WHILE STILL IN FLT, THE WINGS, FLAPS, VERTICAL STABILIZER, RUDDER, RIGHT HORIZONTAL STABILIZER & PARTS OF THE CANOPY SEPARATED. THE FUSELAGE THEN ROLLED SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT, CRASHED & BURNED. THE ACFT WAS NOT CERTIFICATED FOR AEROBATIC FLT. THE MANUFACTURER OF THE KIT (FROM WHICH THE ACFT WAS BUILT) RECOMMENDED THE CRUISE SPEED (VNO) BE 172 MPH & THE NEVER EXCEED SPEED (VNE) BE 210 MPH. THE ACFT'S AIRSPEED INDICATOR WAS CALIBRATED IN KTS & WAS MARKED WITH THE VNO & VNE AT 170 & 213 KTS (196 & 244 MPH), RESPECTIVELY. PSEUDOEPHEDRINE & CHLORPHENIRAMINE FOUND IN PLT'S URINE.
NTSB Probable Cause Narrative
Not Yet Reported
Event Information
| Type of Event | Accident |
| Event Date | 6/12/1983 |
| Event Day of the Week | Sunday |
| Time of Event | 1230 |
| Event Time Zone | Eastern Daylight Time |
| Event City | MORRISTOWN |
| Event State | NEW JERSEY |
| Event Country | -- |
| Zipcode of the event site | 07960 |
| Event Date Year | 1983 |
| Event Date Month | 6 |
| MidAir Collision Indicator | No |
| On Ground Collision occurred ? | No |
| Event Location Latitude | -- |
| Event Location Longitude | -- |
| Event Location Airport | MORRISTOWN |
| Event Location Nearest Airport ID | MMU |
| Indicates whether the acc/inc occurred off or on an airport | On Airport |
| Distance from airport in statute miles | 0 |
| Degrees magnetic from airport | 0 |
| Airport Elevation | 187 |
| Weather Briefing Completeness | Not pertinent |
| Investigator's weather source | Weather Observation Facility |
| Time of the weather observation | 1550 Z |
| Direction of event from weather observation facility (degrees) | 130 |
| Weather Observation Facility ID | MMU |
| Elevation of weather observation facility | 187 |
| Distance of event from weather observation facility (units?) | 1 |
| Time Zone of the weather observation | Z |
| 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) | 29 |
| Dew Point at event time (in degress fahrenheit) | 17 |
| Wind Direction (degrees magnetic) | 310 |
| Variable Wind Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Speed (knots) | 5 |
| Wind Velocity Indicator | Unknown |
| Wind Gust Indicator | Not Gusting |
| Wind Gust (knots) | 0 |
| Altimeter Setting at event time (in. Hg) | 30 |
| Density Altitude (feet) | 0 |
| 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 | 1 |
| Injury Total Minor | -- |
| Injury Total None | -- |
| Injury Total Serious | -- |
| Injury Total All | 1 |
| Investigating Agency | FAA |
| NTSB Docket Number (internal use) | 1046 |
| NTSB Notification Source | -- |
| NTSB Notification Date | -- |
| NTSB Notification Time | 0 |
| Fiche Number and/or location -used to find docket information | 21354 |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 26 2001 8:35AM |
| 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 | N11BD |
| NTSB Number | NYC83FHM02 |
| 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 | Ground |
| Aircraft Explosion | None |
| Aircraft Manufacturer's Full Name | DIAL-THORP |
| Aircraft Model | T-18 |
| Aircraft Series Identifier | T-18 |
| Aircraft Serial Number | 401 |
| Certified Max Gross Weight | 1500 |
| 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 | Jul 7 1983 12:00AM |
| Airframe hours since last inspection | 55 |
| Airframe Hours | 900 |
| ELT Installed | Yes |
| ELT Activated | No |
| ELT Aided Location of Event Site | Unknown |
| ELT Type | -- |
| Aircraft Owner Name | REGISTRATION PENDING |
| Aircraft Owner Street Address | |
| Aircraft Owner City | |
| Aircraft Owner State | |
| Aircraft Owner Country | |
| Aircraft Owner Zipcode | |
| Operator is an individual? | -- |
| Operator Name | JAMES MARIO DYER |
| Operator Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Is Doing Business As | -- |
| Operator Address Same as Owner? | No |
| Operator Street Address | 39 PRIMROSE LANE |
| Operator City | BRICKTOWN |
| Operator State | NJ |
| Operator Country | |
| Operator Zip code | 08723 |
| 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 | 0 |
| Departure Time Zone | |
| 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 | Maneuvering |
| Report sent to ICAO? | -- |
| Evacuation occurred | -- |
| Date of most recent change to record | Feb 26 2001 8:07AM |
| User who most recently changed record | dbo |
| Since inspection or accident | -- |
| Event Location Runway Number and Location | 23 |
| Runway Length | 6000 |
| Runway Width | 150 |
| Sight Seeing flight | No |
| Air Medical Flight | No |
| Medical Flight | -- |