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The most tragic aspect of the crash is that four passen-
gers were onboard and were killed instantly along with
the pilot.
According to the NTSB report, shortly after first
responders reached the accident scene a motorist
approached a state patrol officer and told him he knew the
deceased pilot. The motorist further stated that the accident pilot’s “flying skills were below his standards because
the pilot was known for overstressing the planes he flew.”
The motorist, having flown with the accident pilot previously, also indicated that he made a statement to a friend
about three weeks ago that the accident pilot would probably crash an airplane within the next year.
The NTSB also reports that a friend of the pilot
told the board, “The pilot had been at the Sun ’n Fun
in Lakeland, Florida, during the week and had observed
a performer rolling a Beech 18, and the deceased pilot
just kept the rolling issue in his head.” The friend stated
the accident pilot had flown with a retired airline pilot
who owns a Beech Baron 55, and the retired airline pilot
had rolled the piston twin with the now-deceased pilot
as a passenger.
The NTSB interviewed another acquaintance of the
deceased pilot who told investigators he was in the right
front seat of the Baron 58 on a return flight from Sun ’n
Fun in Lakeland, Florida, with two other passengers in the
back seats. They departed Lakeland, and the pilot climbed
to an initial cruising altitude of 9,500 feet. The autopilot
was on, and the airplane was cruising at 220 knots. The
pilot climbed to 10,500 feet to see if they could get a better
groundspeed and eventually descended back down to
9,500 feet. A short time later, the pilot stated, “I want to
try something.” The pilot rolled the airplane to the left
side and then back to the right side with the autopilot off
and stated, “I believe it’s possible to roll this airplane.”
Also in the NTSB report, the friend stated that the pilot
pushed down on the control yoke, initiated a descent, and
turned the airplane to the left, pulled back on the control
yoke, and the airplane went up and over to the right like a
spiral until the airplane was in a knife-edge attitude. The
friend of the pilot stated he did not know what airspeed
they obtained while the pilot was performing this maneuver and stated, “It got me out of my comfort zone, and I
could not handle it.”
The friend stated he grabbed the flight controls, leveled the airplane, and stated to the pilot, “I cannot do
this.” The pilot replied, “I believe it is possible to roll this
airplane.” The pilot then descended down to 7,500 feet
and leveled off in cruise flight, and there was no further
discussion about rolling the airplane. A short time later,
the pilot pulled the power back on the right engine, feathered the propeller, and they continued in cruise flight. The
pilot later started the engine, and they made their descent
and landing.
