ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 39349
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Date: | Thursday 15 July 1993 |
Time: | 19:00 |
Type: | Rans S-10 |
Owner/operator: | Jeffrey S. Compton |
Registration: | N217ER |
MSN: | 288004 |
Total airframe hrs: | 135 hours |
Fatalities: | Fatalities: 1 / Occupants: 1 |
Aircraft damage: | Destroyed |
Category: | Accident |
Location: | Numidia, Pennsylvnia -
United States of America
|
Phase: | Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.) |
Nature: | Private |
Departure airport: | Numidia, Pennsylvnia |
Destination airport: | |
Investigating agency: | NTSB |
Confidence Rating: | Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Narrative:On Thursday, July 15, 1993, a home built RANS S-10, N217ER, owned, operated, and piloted by Jeffrey S. Compton of Catawissa, Pennsylvania, collided with terrain during an excessive maneuver over a private air field in Numidia, Pennsylvania. The pilot was fatally injured. The airplane was destroyed. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident and no flight plan was filed for the local personal flight. The flight was conducted under 14 CFR Part 91.
A witness located in his front yard near the airport stated, "Aircraft was taking off heading west, banking slightly southwest at approximately 150 feet in altitude. The nose of [the] aircraft pitched down causing plane to roll counter clockwise one and a half times before striking ground in [a] field. The engine of plane never cut off during dive." The witness stated that he was the first to arrive at the accident scene and [smelled] a strong odor of fuel. He stated that he "...removed [the] cockpit top, [and] shut off ignition and fuel pumps."
Another witness located at the Numidia airport stated, "The plane took off and leveled at approx 300 to 400 feet just as it was crossing Route 42 and then pilot appeared to bank left, then plane was on edge and started spinning left towards the ground; approximately 3 spins till it was out of vision."
Another witness located at the Numidia airport stated, "Jeff climbed out to an altitude of approximately 400 feet, then he proceeded to bank 60 degrees to the left, as he was banking he went into a vicious three turn spin. His engine was running."
Sources:
1. NTSB Identification: BFO93LA123 at
https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief2.aspx?ev_id=20001211X12804&ntsbno=BFO93LA123&akey=1_ 2. FAA:
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?omni=Home-N-Number&nNumberTxt=217ER Revision history:
Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
24-Oct-2008 10:30 |
ASN archive |
Added |
04-Sep-2016 23:35 |
Dr.John Smith |
Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Source, Narrative] |
21-Dec-2016 19:23 |
ASN Update Bot |
Updated [Time, Damage, Category, Investigating agency] |
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