Tuesday, October 10, 2017

Aero Vodochody L-39C Albatros, owned and operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91, N580LL: Fatal accident occurred October 08, 2017 near Wilbarger County Airport (F05), Vernon, Texas

The National Transportation Safety Board traveled to the scene of this accident.

Federal Aviation Administration / Flight Standards District Office; Lubbock, Texas


Aviation Accident Factual Report - National Transportation Safety Board: https://app.ntsb.gov/pdf


Investigation Docket - National Transportation Safety Board: https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms 

 
http://registry.faa.gov/N580LL


Location:  Vernon, TX
Accident Number: CEN18FA004
Date & Time: 10/08/2017, 1300 CDT
Registration: N580LL
Aircraft: Aero Vodochody L39C
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Defining Event: Loss of control in flight
Injuries: 1 Fatal
Flight Conducted Under: Part 91: General Aviation - Personal 

On October 8, 2017, about 1257 central daylight time, an Aero Vodochody L39C, N580LL, collided with terrain 1/2 mile south of Wilbarger County Airport (F05), Vernon, Texas. The commercial pilot was fatally injured and the airplane was destroyed. The airplane was owned and operated by the pilot under the provisions of Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations Part 91. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed at the time of the accident, and no flight plan was filed for the local personal flight, which originated from F05 about 1153.

There were eight witnesses to the accident, and their accounts of the sequence of events varied. All the witnesses agreed that the airplane made a pass over runway 20; estimates of the airplane's altitude varied from 50 to 300 ft above ground level. One witness thought the airplane may be conducting a go-around. The airplane then made a sharp left bank; witnesses estimated the bank angle between 45° and 90°. Two witnesses thought that the pilot was trying to do a "barrel roll." One witness stated that the airplane entered an inverted attitude and "spun to the ground"; other witnesses stated that the left wing hit the ground before the airplane impacted terrain.

Another witness, who was driving north along the highway adjacent to the airport, saw the airplane fly by at low altitude. He stated that the airplane's nose came up slightly and that it entered a steep left bank such that, "you could see the whole profile." He then saw a fireball and black smoke.

A GoPro camera was recovered from the wreckage and sent to NTSB's Vehicle Recorders Division. The GoPro had a 64GB internal microSD card that was catastrophically damaged during the accident; the data was unrecoverable. 

Pilot Information

Certificate: Commercial
Age: 56, Male
Airplane Rating(s): Multi-engine Land; Single-engine Land
Seat Occupied: Front
Other Aircraft Rating(s): None
Restraint Used: 4-point
Instrument Rating(s): Airplane
Second Pilot Present: No
Instructor Rating(s): None
Toxicology Performed: Yes
Medical Certification: Class 2 With Waivers/Limitations
Last FAA Medical Exam: 08/25/2017
Occupational Pilot: No
Last Flight Review or Equivalent:
Flight Time:  (Estimated) 1124 hours (Total, all aircraft), 8 hours (Last 90 days, all aircraft)

The pilot held a commercial pilot certificate with ratings for airplane single- and multi-engine land and instrument airplane. He also held a type rating in the Aero Vodochody L39. His second-class Federal Aviation Administration airman medical certificate, dated August 25, 2017, contained the restriction, "Must wear corrective lenses." On the application for that medical certificate, the pilot estimated that he had accrued 1,124 total hours of flight experience, 17 hours of which were accrued in the previous six months.

Aircraft and Owner/Operator Information

Aircraft Make: Aero Vodochody
Registration: N580LL
Model/Series: L39C
Aircraft Category: Airplane
Year of Manufacture: 1984
Amateur Built: No
Airworthiness Certificate: Experimental
Serial Number: 432921
Landing Gear Type: Retractable - Tricycle
Seats: 2
Date/Type of Last Inspection: 08/08/2017, Condition
Certified Max Gross Wt.: 10028 lbs
Time Since Last Inspection:
Engines: 1 Turbo Fan
Airframe Total Time: 1441 Hours as of last inspection
Engine Manufacturer: Ivchenko
ELT:
Engine Model/Series: AI-25TL
Registered Owner: Bravo Charlie Mike One LLC
Rated Power: 3792 lbs
Operator: On file
Operating Certificate(s) Held: None 

The airplane was manufactured in Czechoslovakia in 1984. It was designed as a training aircraft for Warsaw Pact countries. The airplane was equipped with an Ivchenko AI-25-TL turbofan engine, rated at 3,792 lbs of thrust.

The most recent condition inspection of the airplane and engine was completed on August 8, 2017, at an airframe and engine total time of 1,440.5 and 894.7 hours, respectively. At that time, the engine had accrued 107.7 hours since last overhaul. The transponder, altimeter, and encoder were also checked and re-certified.

Meteorological Information and Flight Plan

Conditions at Accident Site: Visual Conditions
Condition of Light: Day
Observation Facility, Elevation: KF05, 1265 ft msl
Distance from Accident Site: 5 Nautical Miles
Observation Time: 1255 CDT
Direction from Accident Site:
Lowest Cloud Condition: Clear
Visibility:  10 Miles
Lowest Ceiling: None
Visibility (RVR):
Wind Speed/Gusts: 14 knots /
Turbulence Type Forecast/Actual:
Wind Direction: 210°
Turbulence Severity Forecast/Actual:
Altimeter Setting: 29.7 inches Hg
Temperature/Dew Point: 28°C / 6°C
Precipitation and Obscuration:
Departure Point: Vernon, TX (F05)
Type of Flight Plan Filed: None
Destination: Vernon, TX (F05)
Type of Clearance: None
Departure Time: 1245 CDT
Type of Airspace: Class G

The 1255 automated observation at F05 recorded wind from 210° at 14 knots, 10 miles visibility, clear skies, temperature 28°C, dew point 6°C, and an altimeter setting of 29.70 inches of mercury. 

Airport Information

Airport: Wilbarger County (F05)
Runway Surface Type: Asphalt
Airport Elevation: 1265 ft
Runway Surface Condition: Dry
Runway Used: 20
IFR Approach: None
Runway Length/Width: 5099 ft / 100 ft
VFR Approach/Landing: Unknown 

Wreckage and Impact Information

Crew Injuries: 1 Fatal 
Aircraft Damage: Destroyed
Passenger Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Fire: On-Ground
Ground Injuries: N/A
Aircraft Explosion: None
Total Injuries: 1 Fatal
Latitude, Longitude: 34.211667, -99.289167 

The on-scene investigation revealed a 40-ft long ground scar, consistent with the left wing contacting the ground, which led to a 50-ft long crater. The airplane broke apart, leaving a 580-ft long debris path aligned on a 170° magnetic heading. There was evidence of a flash fire of the surrounding grass likely ignited by vaporized fuel. The airplane itself was fragmented and burned. The right wing separated, and the aileron was missing. The left wing was destroyed. The empennage was identified. The engine compressor showed signatures consistent with rotation followed by sudden stoppage. The guide vanes were broken or crushed, and there was scoring of the engine case. Flight control continuity could not be established due to impact damage, but pushrod movement was identified when the elevators and rudder were moved by hand.

Medical And Pathological Information

The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner, Tarrant County, Texas, performed an autopsy on the pilot. The pilot's death was attributed to "multiple traumatic injuries due to (an) airplane crash." The toxicology report was negative for ethanol and drugs. Carbon monoxide tests could not be performed. Although thermal injuries were present, the trachea showed no soot deposition.

The FAA Bioaeronautical Sciences Research Laboratory, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, performed toxicology testing on specimens of the pilot. Testing revealed 24 (mg/dL) ethanol in muscle tissue; however, putrefaction of the samples was noted, and the ethanol was likely from sources other than ingestion. Additionally, ondansetron was detected in liver and muscle tissue. Ondansetron (Zofran) is a non-sedating serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonist used mainly as an antiemetic to treat nausea and vomiting.

Dr. Jay Baxley, a Vernon dentist, poses with his aircraft. 

Jay William Starr Baxley, age 56 passed away on Sunday, October 8, 2017 in Vernon, Texas.  Jay was enjoying one of his many passions, flying.  Jay was born on September 16, 1961 as Michel Detlef Blocker in Darmstadt, West Germany.  Jay was adopted soon after birth by William Edward Baxley and Helen Catherine Klein Baxley and his name was changed to Jay William Starr Baxley.  At the age of 4, he obtained his naturalization and the new family moved to El Paso, Texas.  Jay was adored by his parents Bill and Helen and lived a dream childhood.  He moved to Capitan, New Mexico in elementary school and soon became interested in horseback riding, hunting and shooting.  These passions would follow him into adulthood where he enjoyed them to the fullest.  

When he entered high school the family moved to Fort Walton Beach, Florida.  Jay’s passion for dentistry began at the age of 14 when he became a dental assistant for a prosthodontist and oral surgeon.  He studied everything these two specialists did from dentistry to business to how to have a great chairside manner.  This early training would mold and shape his entire career.  Jay graduated sixth in his class of 612 from Fort Walton Beach High School in 1978.

After graduation the family moved to El Paso, Texas and Jay started looking at colleges.  He soon settled on Baylor University in Waco, Texas.  It was while in college that he discovered his love of adventure!  He learned to skydive and became a jumpmaster / instructor from 1979-1982.

In 1984 he received his private pilot’s license and over the next several years became single, multi-engine, jet & commercial instrument rated.  Flying was his greatest passion.  He would tell anyone that being in the air above the clouds was the freest and best feeling he had ever experienced.  

Jay graduated from Baylor College of Dentistry in Dallas, Texas in 1986. He opened his first office in Austin, Texas just one year later.  In 1993, Jay moved to Arlington, Texas where he opened what became one of many successful dental practices in the area.  In 2013 Jay decided to slow his life down a little and he purchased a practice in Vernon, Texas.  The people in Vernon welcomed him and he soon became a town favorite.

Jay was a member of the Texas Dental Association, The American Dental Association, The American Society of Forensic Odontology, and the Fort Worth District Dental Society.  He served as the president of the Arlington Dental Study Club as well as the Board of Directors for Dental Health Arlington from 1997 to 1999.  He held a position on the Peer Review Committee, the Judicial Committee and he was a past president of the Fort Worth District Dental Society.  He was Chairman for the Council on Ethics & Judicial Affairs for the TDA.  

Predeceasing Jay were his parents, William Baxley of Waco, Texas and Helen Baxley of El Paso, Texas.  He is survived by his two daughters, Erin Baxley of Arlington, Texas and Haley Baxley of Arlington, Texas and his grand-daughter, Bentley Gorman of Arlington, Texas.


A Celebration of Life will be held on Saturday, October 21, 2017 at 1:00 p.m. at Emerald Hills Funeral Home & Memorial Park.

Jay Baxley, DDS

The pilot and lone passenger in an aircraft that crashed north of Vernon Sunday afternoon has been identified.

Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Dan Buesing said Monday that Vernon dentist Dr. Jay Baxley, 56, was the pilot of a military-like jet plane when it went down near the intersection of County Roads 103 North and 118 South, which is west of the Wilbarger County Airport. No one else was injured in the incident.

Investigators with the Federal Aviation Administration are looking into the cause of the crash.

The plane crashed in an open field Sunday afternoon and caught on fire. The Vernon Fire Department extinguished the fire.

A search on the FAA website didn't reveal any additional information about the type of aircraft Baxley was piloting. Buesing said the aircraft was similar to a T-38C Talon, which is the advanced jet aircraft trainer used at Sheppard Air Force Base's Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program.

Original article  ➤ http://www.timesrecordnews.com



The name of the pilot who was involved in a plane crash Sunday has been released.


According to DPS Sergeant Dan Buesing Dr. Jay Williams Baxley, 56, was the pilot.


Baxley was a Dentist from Vernon and crashed west of Wilbarger County airport.


Baxley was flying a jet similar to a T-38 trainer.


The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating the crash.


Original article ➤ http://www.texomashomepage.com





WILBARGER COUNTY, TX (KAUZ) - According to DPS troopers, one man is dead following a plane crash near the Wilbarger County Airport.

Wilbarger County Sheriff Bill Price said a call came in just before 1 p.m. on Sunday about a plane that went down just west of the airport.

The pilot was the only one in the plane and was pronounced dead at the scene.

There is no word on what caused the crash, but the FAA will investigate the incident.

DPS, Wilbarger County Sheriff's Office, Vernon VFD, and the Wilbarger County EOC responded to the scene.

Sheriff Price says witnesses are being interviewed to learn more about the cause of the crash.

Original article  ➤ http://www.newschannel6now.com

2 comments:

  1. Nothing like a T-38. According to Wikipedia, L-39 Max speed .8 Mach. T-38 Max speed 1.3 mach. L-39 Max climb rate 4130 f/m. T-38 Max climb rate 33,600 f/m. (yes 33,600)
    The L-39 wing is more like a Piper Cherokee than a T-38. Very forgiving. A T-38 will kill you in a hot second. I flew one in the Air Force. Wouldn't do it now without a current military instructor. It would kill me now and I have 15000 hours, most of it jet time. I'm sorry for this man.

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  2. Ya have to laugh when L-39 drivers call their airplanes "jet fighters". So much ego. It's probably safer to climb out of a Piper Cherokee and into an L-39 than it is to climb out of an L-39 and into a 38 (or any century series fighter for that matter). This guy was a dentist for Christ sake. Because he knows how to overcharge people for fixin' teeth doesn't qualify him for this type of flying. But in this country Money Rules. Doctors and Dentists should not be issued flying licenses, but I'm biased... I had a numbnuts flight surgeon (AF doctor) damn near punch me out of an F-4 in S.E.A. because he was fuckin' with the selector valve in the back seat.

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