North American SNJ-5 N440JG

Summary

On 3 September 2000 at about 20:30 local time, a North American SNJ-5 registered N440JG was involved in an accident near Steamboat Spg, 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

3 September 2000 at 20:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Steamboat Spg, Colorado, United States

Coordinates

40.4892, -106.8294

Aircraft

North American SNJ-5

Registration

N440JG

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DEN00FA164

2 people died.

the pilot's inadvertent entry into a spin while performing aerobatics.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The accident airplane was one of three airplanes that were to perform two fly-bys for a rodeo. While the airplanes were maneuvering for the second fly-by, the accident airplane was observed entering a snap roll to the right. At the completion of the roll, the airplane was in a 30 to 40 degree nose down attitude. Subsequently, the airplane entered a nose-low spin to the left. The airplane completed approximately 3 rotations and impacted the ground in a level attitude.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.