Amateur-built MONI accident near Vero Beach, Florida, July 8, 1983
On July 8, 1983 at about 4:25 pm local time, a amateur-built MONI, registered N64GM, was destroyed in an accident near Vero Beach, Florida (New Hibiscus airport). It was a personal flight under general aviation rules (Part 91). 1 person was seriously injured. The weather was visual conditions (good weather).
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this accident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- July 8, 1983 · about 4:25 pm local time
- Place
- Vero Beach, Florida · New Hibiscus · map
- Type
- Accident
- Injuries
- 1 person was seriously injured.
- Weather
- visual conditions (good weather)
- Aircraft
- Amateur-built MONI
- Registration
- N64GM · no longer on the register · serial 64
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal flight · general aviation rules (Part 91)
The NTSB's narrative final · quoted from the NTSB record
THE PLT MADE A LOCAL FLT FROM THE INDIAN RIVER AERODROME TO THE NEW HIBISCUS ARPT. ACCORDING TO WITNESSES AT NEW HIBISCUS, THE ACFT WAS IN A NOSE HI ATTITUDE WHEN THEY SAW IT TURN ONTO BASE & FINAL APCH. AFTER TURNING FINAL, THE ACFT ENTERED A SPIN, TURNING ABOUT 2 1/2 TIMES, THEN CRASHED. THE PLT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED & WAS HOSPITALIZED 42 DAYS BEFORE DYING WITH PNEUMONIA. NO EVIDENCE OF A PREIMPACT, MECHANCAL MALFUNCTON OR FAILURE WAS FOUND DURING THE INVESTIGATION. CONSTRUCTION HAD JUST RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED ON THE HOME BUILT ACFT. THE PLT HAD ONLY 1.7 HRS FLT TIME IN THE ACFT WHEN IT CRASHED.
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
Pilot
- Certificate: private
- Ratings: single-engine land
- Flight time: 62 hours in all; 2 in this make and model; 3 in the last 90 days; 2 in the last 30 days; 29 as pilot in command
- Medical certificate: Class 3 (valid medical--w/ waivers/lim.)
- Seat: frt
The aircraft
- Airframe total time: 2 hours
- Last inspection: inspection type not recorded
- Maximum gross weight: 560 lb
- Seats: 1
- Landing gear: fixed
- Engine: Ital-American KFM 107 (piston); 0 hours total
The flight
- Departed from: 73X Vero Beach FL
- Flight plan: none
- Runway 36, 3,300 ft by 160 ft
Weather at the time
- Light: daylight
- Wind: from 050° at 10 knots
- Visibility: 10 statute miles
- Sky: broken clouds at 10,000 ft; scat at 1,600 ft
- Temperature: 86°F (30°C), dew point 72°F (22°C)
- Altimeter: 30.00 inHg
- Observation at 4:54 pm from VRB, 6 miles away
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crew | 1 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under N64GM the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
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