Slaybaugh MUSTANG II N16WY

Summary

On 28 July 1996 at about 20:08 local time, a Slaybaugh MUSTANG II registered N16WY was involved in an accident near Crested Butte, Colorado, United States. 2 people were on board and 2 died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

28 July 1996 at 20:08

Classification

Accident

Location

Crested Butte, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

38.8705, -106.9808

Aircraft

Slaybaugh MUSTANG II

Registration

N16WY

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Gunnison → Enid

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW96FA324

2 people died.

The pilot's failure to maintain aircraft control. A factor was the inadequatete altitude in which to effect a safe recovery.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The two experimental airplanes, a Long EZ and a Mustang II, were flying patterns over the town at 1200 to 1300 feet agl as part of an aerial weekend. According to the pilot of the Long EZ, they flew abeam of each other then made a converging turn --- the Long EZ climbing and turning left, and the Mustang II climbing and turning right --- with the intention of rejoining. The pilot of the Long EZ said that as he completed 45 degrees of the turn, he looked through the top of his canopy and saw the Mustang II in a 120-135 degrees left bank and approximately 80 degrees nose low attitude. He said the pilot appeared to be pulling out of the dive when ground impact occurred.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.