Monocoupe 110SP N110SP

Summary

On 15 September 2007 at about 13:10 local time, a Monocoupe 110SP registered N110SP was involved in an accident near Utopia, Texas, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

15 September 2007 at 13:10

Classification

Accident

Location

Utopia, Texas, United States

Coordinates

29.5228, -99.5178

Aircraft

Monocoupe 110SP

Registration

N110SP

Category

Airplane

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Utopia → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

DFW07LA199

1 person died.

The pilot's loss of control while performing a low level inverted flight maneuver.

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

Read the full NTSB narrative

The high-wing single engine airplane was destroyed following a collision with terrain while performing aerobatic flight maneuvers. The airline transport—rated pilot, sole occupant of the airplane, was fatally injured. The airplane was buzzing a friend of the pilot's house. On the last pass while flying inverted the airplane's engine was observed to cough shortly before the airplane impacted the ground. The witness noted that the airplane suddenly entered a vertical, inverted dive into a bunch of oak trees. A review of the aircraft records indicated no pre-impact anomalies and that the aircraft was properly maintained.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.