X-Mozilla-Keys:                                                                                 
Anybody know what kind of auto engine this was?
I sure wish the FAA or the NTSB would get someone
to look at these crashes that knew what he was looking at.

Paul Lamar

NTSB Identification: ATL99LA109

  Accident occurred JUL-17-99 at DAYTONA BEACH, FL
 Aircraft: Blackburn John D. Jr. BUSHBY M II, registration: N102JB 
    Injuries: 1 Fatal. 

 This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain
errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the
                                  final report has been completed.

On July 17, 1999, at 1615 eastern daylight time, a Bushby M-II
Experimental, N102JB, collided with the ground shortly after
takeoff from the Spruce Creek Airport, in Daytona Beach, Florida. The
airplane was operated by the private pilot under the
provisions of Title 14 CFR Part 91, and visual flight rules. Visual
meteorological conditions prevailed, and no flight plan was
filed for the local pleasure flight. The pilot received fatal injuries,
and the airplane sustained substantial damage. The airplane
was departing at the time of the accident. According to witnesses, the
engine quit shortly after takeoff. Moments later the
airplane was seen descending and impacting into trees. Examination of
the aircraft by the FAA found the distributor coil wire
disconnected from the distributor and lying loose on the engine. 

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