Rygg VOLMER VJ22 N15RK

Summary

On 18 December 1983 at about 19:40 local time, a Rygg VOLMER VJ22 registered N15RK was involved in an accident near Oldmar, Florida, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

18 December 1983 at 19:40

Classification

Accident

Location

Oldmar, Florida, United States

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Rygg VOLMER VJ22

Registration

N15RK

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

St. Petersburg → Tarpon Springs

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

MIA84FA047

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACFT FLYING IN A NORTHERLY DIRECTION OVER TAMPA BAY AT A HEIGHT OF 25 TO 50 FT ABOVE THE SURFACE. MOMENTS BEFORE CRASHING, THE ACFT MADE AN ABRUPT DESCENT & PASSED UNDER A POWER LINE THAT SPINNED THE NORTHERN NECK OF THE BAY. THEREAFTER, A WING TIP CONTACTED THE WATER & THE ACFT CARTWHEELED BEFORE COMING TO RESTED INVERTED. THE PLT HAD BECOME INCAPACITED DUE TO A CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE. HIS LATEST MEDICAL CERTIFICATE DATED 9/19/77 HAD EXPIRED. THE MEDICATION 'INDERAL,' WAS PRESCRIBED FOR THE PLT'S HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE WITH A DOSAGE OF 80 MG TWICE DAILY. THE USE OF 'INDERAL' IN EXCESS OF 100 MG DAILY IS SUFFICIENT FOR DENTAL OF A PLT'S APPLICATION FOR A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.