Brown R M Jr MONNETT MONI N92RB

Summary

On 14 April 1984 at about 18:05 local time, a Brown R M Jr MONNETT MONI registered N92RB was involved in an accident near Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

14 April 1984 at 18:05

Classification

Accident

Location

Kill Devil Hill, North Carolina, United States

Nearest airport

First Flight (FFA)

Coordinates

36.0091, -75.6594

Aircraft

Brown R M Jr MONNETT MONI

Registration

N92RB

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

IMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL84LA144

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

THE ACFT WAS THE 4TH ACFT TO TAKE OFF OF 7 SCHEDULED TO MAKE A FORMATION FLY-BY OF THE WRIGHT BROTHERS NATIONAL MEMORIAL. AS THE ACFT TOOK OFF TO JOIN UP FOR THE FLT, A THICK LOW FOG BANK ROLLED IN. THE OTHER ACFT DEPARTED THE AREA, BUT THE PLT ATTEMPTED TO RETURN TO THE ARPT UNDER THE FOG. THE ACFT WAS OBSERVED MAKING A LEFT HAND CIRCLE OVER THE NW CORNER OF THE ARPT. ABOUT 1/2 THRU A 2ND 360 DEG TURN, THE ACFT ENTERED A VERY STEEP DIVE, COLLIDED WITH A TREE &THEN FELL TO THE GROUND. THE OTHER ACFT HAD AVOIDED THE FOG & WERE ABLE TO LAND SHORTLY AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.