McEntee STITSPLAYMATE SA-11A N2813

Summary

On 21 June 1987 at about 09:00 local time, a McEntee STITSPLAYMATE SA-11A registered N2813, operated by Billie K. Yarberry, was involved in an accident near Rolling Prairie, Indiana, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

21 June 1987 at 09:00

Classification

Accident

Location

Rolling Prairie, Indiana, United States

Coordinates

41.6794, -86.5991

Aircraft

McEntee STITSPLAYMATE SA-11A

Registration

N2813

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Billie K. Yarberry

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Paxton → Anderson

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

IMC

Light

Night/Dark

NTSB number

CHI87DET07

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN OPEN RISING FIELD KILLING PILOT AND DESTROYING AIRCRAFT. HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT WAS NOT IFR-EQUIPPED OR CERTIFIED. PILOT HAD LESS THAN TEN HOURS ON AIRCRAFT. NO FLIGHT PLAN FILED. NO RECORD OF WEATHER BRIEFING, OR IN-FLIGHT WEATHER ADVISORY. SIGMET WAS ISSUED FOR AREA WHICH INCLUDED NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS, TURBULENCE, LOW CEILINGS AND FOG. CONDITIONS WERE IMC AT CRASH SITE AT TIME OF OCCURRENCE.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.