Fisher CELEBRITY accident near Patriot, IN
On July 19, 2018, a Fisher CELEBRITY (airplane) was involved in an accident near Patriot, IN. 1 person died. Damage to the aircraft: destroyed.
- Date
- July 19, 2018
- Place
- Patriot, IN
- Aircraft
- Fisher CELEBRITY · Airplane
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 0 serious, 0 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Position
- 38.795°N, 84.820°W
- NTSB ID
- 20180720X32116
Official records · CEN18FA282
- Public docket: reports, statements and exhibits from the investigation
NTSB summary
HISTORY OF FLIGHTOn July 19, 2018, about 1700 eastern daylight time, an experimental amateur-built Fisher Celebrity biplane, N228LC, experienced an in-flight breakup and impacted terrain near Patriot, Indiana. The airline pilot was fatally injured, and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was privately owned and was being operated by the pilot as a Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91 personal flight. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed in the area at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed for the local flight that originated from the pilot's personal airstrip in Warsaw, Kentucky, shortly before the accident. When the pilot failed to return home as expected, his wife notified authorities. The wreckage was located the following morning about 0930 in a cornfield on the west side of the Ohio River, about 4 miles due east of the pilot's airstrip. There were no witnesses to the accident; however, a nearby resident, who lived along the straight-line course between the pilot's airstrip and the accident site, stated that he heard an airplane fly over his house about 1700. Shortly thereafter, he heard a loud "thud." PERSONNEL INFORMATIONThe pilot held an airline transport pilot certificate with a rating for airplane multiengine land, type ratings in the Boeing 747-400, 757, 767, Douglas DC-9, and Cessna 500, commercial pilot privileges with an airplane single-engine land rating, and a remote pilot certificate. He also held a flight engineer certificate with a turbojet rating. His third-class Federal Aviation Administration airman medical certificat
Probable cause
An in-flight separation of the right wing due to upward and rearward bending that led to an overstress fracture. The reason for the upward and rearward bending could not be determined based on the available information.
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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.
