# N1305: 1968 Bowers Fly Baby 1-A, registration cancelled 2011-02-17

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: February 17, 2011
- Status when cancelled: Sale reported, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Bowers Fly Baby 1-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bowers-fly-baby-1-a) (registry code 14121LB)
- Engine: [Continental C85 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (registry code 17008)
- Data sheets: [TCDS E-233](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/E-233) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: 143
- Year built: 1968
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: April 10, 1979
- Last registry action: August 24, 1990
- Mode S code: A07E38
- Location: [Bonesboro, AR](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/AR/Bonesboro)
- Owner type: Individual
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1305
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=1305
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1305-2011-02-17

From the FAA registry file of October 29, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Bowers Fly Baby 1-A: https://openairdocs.org/model/bowers-fly-baby-1-a.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB MKC89DCG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC89DCG01), May 7, 1989: Grigg/Bowers Flybaby (N1305), West Plains, MO, destroyed. Probable cause: IMPROPER PREFLIGHT PLANNING BY THE PILOT AND HIS FAILURE TO ATTAIN ADEQUATE AIRSPEED, WHICH RESULTED IN A STALL AS HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO AVOID A POWER TRANSMISSION LINE. FACTORS RELATED TO THE…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19890507015749A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890507015749A), May 7, 1989: Amtrbw FLYBABY1 (N1305), West Plains, MO, Destroyed. Landed to adjust carburetor in a field with tall grass. Takeoff impeded but lifted off and stalled avoiding wires.

## Other aircraft with N1305

- [Registered now](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N1305): DJI T-30, S/N 3U5BJ4K001008Q
- [Cancelled 1932-12-05](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1305-1932-12-05): Standard J-1, S/N 84, built 1918. Owner: [Lloyd Robert M](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LLOYD%20ROBERT%20M), [Los Angeles, CA](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/CA/Los%20Angeles)
- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1305-undated): Sport Flugzeugbau HUTTER H-17, S/N 93, built 1937. Owner: [Law George W](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/LAW%20GEORGE%20W), [Nutley, NJ](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/NJ/Nutley)

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