Moore SKYBOLT/BM accident near Altus, OK
On November 8, 2009, a Moore SKYBOLT/BM (airplane) was involved in an accident near Altus, OK. 2 people died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- November 8, 2009
- Place
- Altus, OK
- Aircraft
- Moore SKYBOLT/BM · Airplane
- Injuries
- 2 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 34.629°N, 99.339°W
- NTSB ID
- 20091108X92817
Official records · CEN10LA043
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
On November 8, 2009, at 1122 Central Standard Time, a Moore Skybolt, N6644, was destroyed when it impacted terrain shortly after taking off from Quartz Mountain Airport (AXS), Altus, Oklahoma. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident. The personal flight was being conducted under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part 91 without a flight plan. The pilot and passenger on board the airplane were fatally injured. The local flight originated from AXS approximately 1119. At the invitation of the pilot, the 17-year-old passenger and his father went to the airport for an airplane ride. When they arrived, friends told him that the pilot had fueled the airplane (later determined to have occurred at 1050) and was currently flying another passenger around the lake. Shortly thereafter, they saw the airplane fly over head and the pilot performed “a wing-over maneuver” and landed. After his son boarded the airplane, the father watched them take off (recorded at 1119). He wrote: “I estimate that when he (the pilot) was about 50 feet off the ground, he started an aggressive climb at a 45 degree angle, and then the aircraft banked hard to the right and they were heading west, still climbing. At one point, it looked like (the airplane) was in a vertical climb, and that is when he performed a wing over-maneuver, either to the right or left, I can’t remember. After that, the plane was in a nose dive towards the ground. It seemed like the wings were going back and forth or it may have even spiraled. I kept saying, ‘Pull up, pull up.’ It d
Probable cause
The pilot's poor judgment by performing intentional low-level maneuvers that resulted in an inadvertent stall/spin at an altitude to low to affect a safe recovery.
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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.
