Taylor Skybolt accident near Sharpsburg, GA
On May 14, 2006, a Taylor Skybolt (airplane) was involved in an accident near Sharpsburg, GA. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- May 14, 2006
- Place
- Sharpsburg, GA
- Aircraft
- Taylor Skybolt · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 33.314°N, 84.772°W
- NTSB ID
- 20060516X00577
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHT On May 14, 2006, at 1845 eastern daylight time, a Taylor, Skybolt, N78BJ, registered to a private owner, operating as a 14 CFR Part 91 personal flight, collided with trees and ground while performing aerobatic flight in the vicinity of Sharpsburg, Georgia. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed and no flight plan was filed. The airplane was destroyed. The private pilot was fatally injured. The flight originated from Newnan Coweta County Airport, Newnan, Georgia, on May 14, 2006, at an undetermined time. A friend of the pilot was in his yard when he observed the airplane approach his location. The airplane circled his house to the left about 3 or 4 times at about 500 feet. The witnesses observed the airplane begin a high speed pass by lowering the nose to the ground and descending down to 200 to 300 feet at a very high rate of speed. When the airplane reached the vicinity of a tree line heading east bound, the airplane was observed to initiate a pull up maneuver, and made a snap roll to the right. The airplane went inverted and disappeared from view behind the tree line followed by an impact sound. Another witness stated he was in his front yard when he observed a bi-plane make a low pass over the trees just behind his house at a high rate of speed. The witness observed the airplane start a climb to a higher altitude followed by a barrel roll. At the bottom of the roll, the airplane leveled out at a high rate of speed, and went inverted as if it was attempting another roll. The witness described the turns as controlled and similar to an air show maneuve
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of control while conducting aerobatic flight. Factors in the accident were the pilot's ostentatious display, and lack of recent and total experience in type of operation.
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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.
