Mckeehan James F ACRODUSTER II SA750 accident near Panama City, FL
On June 16, 2008, a Mckeehan James F ACRODUSTER II SA750 (airplane) was involved in an accident near Panama City, FL. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: substantial.
- Date
- June 16, 2008
- Place
- Panama City, FL
- Aircraft
- Mckeehan James F ACRODUSTER II SA750 · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Substantial
- Position
- 30.340°N, 85.623°W
- NTSB ID
- 20080804X01153
Official records · MIA08LA121
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
Air traffic control records
- Transcript of Radio Communications: Transcript (PDF), on ntsb.gov
NTSB summary
"THIS CASE WAS MODIFIED MARCH 22, 2010" HISTORY OF FLIGHT On June 16, 2008, about 1330 central daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Acroduster II SA750, N363J, registered to and operated by a private individual, experienced a reported flight control malfunction during an aerobatic flight and crashed in a wooded area near Panama City, Florida. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time and no flight plan was filed for the 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 personal, local flight from Panama City-Bay County International Airport (PFN), Panama City, Florida. The airplane was substantially damaged and the certificated private pilot was killed. A passenger parachuted from the airplane and was not injured. The flight originated about 1245, from PFN. The passenger stated that the pilot-in-command (PIC) performed a thorough preflight inspection of the airplane. After takeoff, the flight proceeded to a practice area where the PIC performed aerobatic maneuvers. Before the last maneuver, the PIC asked the passenger if he wanted the PIC to perform what he believed was called a tail slide. The flight climbed to 3,500 feet and the pilot then initiated the maneuver. After "...falling for a few seconds, [the PIC] then attempted to bring the [airplane] out of the maneuver and it appeared that he was able to bring the nose of the [airplane] back to straight and level for a second with full power (not sure if it was full power but seemed like it). At that point, the [airplane] started rolling to the left, then to the right, up and down and I heard [the PIC] began
Probable cause
The pilot's inability to recover from an intentional aerobatic maneuver due to loss of aileron control. Contributing to the accident was the installation of an inadequate aileron secondary stop block against the main spar of both lower wings.
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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.
