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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr 1300993 · Bellevile Lk, MI · September 1, 1973

Date
September 1, 1973
Place
Bellevile Lk, MI
Airport
Willow Run
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N5460
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI73FEC09
Reported as
Amtr 1300993
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
167 total17 in this make and model2 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Float eqpd. At aprx 70FT AGL dscndd nearly vertical into lake. Acft originally gyro glider on floats

As the FAA filed it

FLOAT EQPD.AT APRX 70FT AGL DSCNDD NEARLY VERTICAL INTO LAKE.ACFT ORIGINALLY GYRO GLIDER ON FLOATS

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.