Jodel F11-3 accident near Beeville, TX
On August 29, 1998, a Jodel F11-3 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Beeville, TX. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- August 29, 1998
- Place
- Beeville, TX
- Aircraft
- Jodel F11-3 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 28.401°N, 97.739°W
- NTSB ID
- 20001211X10836
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On August 29, 1998, at 1530 central daylight time, a Jodel F11-3 amatuer-built experimental airplane, N8122, was destroyed when it impacted terrain and was consumed by a fire following an in-flight collision with a roof-mounted television antenna, near Beeville, Texas. The non-instrument rated private pilot and his passenger sustained fatal injuries. The airplane was registered to and operated by the pilot. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight, and a flight plan was not filed. The local flight departed from the Sky's-the-Limit private grass airstrip near Beeville, Texas, approximately 1510. Witnesses were interviewed by the NTSB investigator-in-charge (IIC). They reported that the pilot purchased the tailwheel-equipped airplane in July of 1998. Witnesses stated that the airplane initially took off to the west and then circled the airstrip, executing a low pass ("approximately 100 feet or less") over the parachute "packing hangar." Following communication with the pilot of an airplane carrying skydivers, the Jodel pilot departed the area to the north. Approximately 30 minutes had passed and the skydivers were on the ground, when witnesses, who were inside the packing hangar, heard the pilot of the accident airplane make a radio transmission which communicated his intentions to land. "Shortly thereafter [the people in the hangar] heard the roar of the [accident] airplane pass over the packing hangar. As the airplane passed overhead, there was a loud thud on the roof (later discovered to be
Probable cause
The failure of the pilot-in-command to maintain obstacle clearance during an intentional low altitude maneuver.
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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.
