# Accident 19800913042399A: Amtrsn SKYBOLT, Rose City, MI, September 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 13, 1980, 18:20 local time
- Place: Rose City, MI
- Airport: Boyers
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.4211° N, 84.1154° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Rose City, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.4211&lon=-84.1154&mi=10
- Aircraft: N25541, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N25541-1982-12-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Humphrey STEEN SKYBOLT (registry code 0565539, https://openairdocs.org/model/humphrey-steen-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSN SKYBOLT
- Reported engine: LYC IO540*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,515 total, 59 in this make and model, 230 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEM47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM47) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800913042399A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

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

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 CHI80FEM47](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEM47), Sep 13, 1980: Skybolt Steen (N25541), Rose City, MI, destroyed

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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