NEW SMYRNA BCH, FL, USA
N3059
BUSHBY MM-1
WITNESSES, INCLUDING THE VICTIM'S SON RIDING AS A PAX IN ANOTHER ACFT FLYING AT 800 FT, OBSERVED THE MIDGET MUSTANG COMING UP FROM THE RIGHT, BEHIND AND BELOW THEM. WHILE STILL BELOW THEIR ALT, THE MUSTANG WAS OBSERVED TO ROLL TO THE RIGHT, AWAY FROM THEM, ROLL INVERTED AND ATTEMPT A 'SPLIT-S' MANEUVER. THE 'SPLIT-S' WAS NOT COMPLETED BEFORE THE ACFT STRUCK THE TOP OF A TREE ABOUT 50 FT HIGH AND CRASHED TO THE GROUND. THE PLT WITNESS, A FRIEND OF THE DECEASED PLT, STATED THAT ON PAST OCCASSIONS HE HAD OBSERVED THE PLT PULL UP IN THE VICINITY OF HIS ACFT AND PERFORM A ROLL.
Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database
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