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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrsn Skybolt · Rose City, MI · September 13, 1980

Date
September 13, 1980 · 18:20 local
Place
Rose City, MI
Airport
Boyers
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N25541
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI80FEM47
Reported as
Amtrsn Skybolt
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
6,515 total59 in this make and model230 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.

Entered snap roll at tree-top level. Engine quit, rolled out in high sink rate to impact. One mag out, dirt in fuel

As the FAA filed it

ENTERED SNAP ROLL AT TREE-TOP LEVEL. ENGINE QUIT, ROLLED OUT IN HIGH SINK RATE TO IMPACT. ONE MAG OUT, DIRT IN FUEL

NTSB investigation

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