Monocoupe 110SP accident near Utopia, TX
On September 15, 2007, a Monocoupe 110SP (airplane) was involved in an accident near Utopia, TX. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- September 15, 2007
- Place
- Utopia, TX
- Aircraft
- Monocoupe 110SP · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 29.523°N, 99.518°W
- NTSB ID
- 20070925X01443
NTSB summary
On September 15, 2007, at 0810 central daylight time, a 1931 vintage Monocoupe 110SP airplane, N110SP, was destroyed following a collision with terrain while performing aerobatic flight maneuvers near Utopia, Texas. The airline transport rated pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was fatally injured. The airplane was owned and operated by the pilot. No flight plan was filed and visual meteorological conditions prevailed for the personal flight conducted under 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. The local flight initiated from the pilot's private airstrip, near Utopia, Texas, at an undetermined time. In a written statement from an eyewitness and personal friend of the pilot, who is also a pilot, stated that "his friend was buzzing his house." He added that the first pass was from north to south, just west of his house. The second pass was to the north at about 200-feet above the ground. The airplane was then observed climbing to about 3,000-feet above ground level, performed a loop and entered a vertical nose-dive. The airplane was then observed passing below the tree line, and just before he came back in to view, the witness reported hearing a "cough" from the engine. The witness further stated that the engine sounded smoothly as he observed the airplane emerging from behind the trees. The witness noted that the airplane was flying inverted, something that his friend had "never done in previous passes." The airplane then "suddenly entered a vertical, inverted dive into a bunch of oak trees." A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector performed and on-scene exami
Probable cause
The pilot's loss of control while performing a low level inverted flight 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.
