Classic Aircraft Corp. YMF-5 accident near Ocean City, MD
On August 24, 1997, a Classic Aircraft Corp. YMF-5 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Ocean City, MD. 3 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 24, 1997
- Place
- Ocean City, MD
- Aircraft
- Classic Aircraft Corp. YMF-5 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 3 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.350°N, 75.130°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001208X08648
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 24, 1997, about 1420 eastern daylight time, a Waco Classic, YMF-5, N68SH, was destroyed as it impacted the ocean off the shoreline of Ocean City, Maryland. The certificated airline transport pilot and the two passengers were fatally injured. The airplane, registered to Buntings Dusting Inc., Berlin, Maryland, was operated by Ocean Aerial Ads, Ocean City, Maryland. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed for the sightseeing flight conducted under 14 CFR Part 91. The two passengers purchased a 15 minute flight and the airplane took off from the Ocean City Municipal Airport, about 1410. The owner of the company, flying another airplane, was returning to the airport when he spotted the accident plane. He watched the airplane fly the standard route, east to the inlet and a left turn north to fly along the shoreline. The owner reported that the pilot of the other airplane radioed him with the comment that "he had two female passengers onboard who wanted a thrill." The owner stated that he did not think anything of the comment. Numerous witnesses along the shoreline watched as the airplane flew northbound. A rated pilot reported that he watched the airplane from 2 miles south of his position until it impacted the water. He wrote that the airplane caught his attention because it was a "nice looking shiny red aircraft, and it was doing unusual maneuvers, unusual in the sense that they were out of the ordinary for airplane traveling northbound along the coast line." He described the maneuvers as "climbing turns and descents,
Probable cause
The pilot performed an aerobatic maneuver at a low altitude, which resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin.
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Source: NTSB aviation accident database (US government, public domain). Findings may be preliminary or later revised by the NTSB. Not a complete global record.
