# Accident 19810612032479A: Amtr MINIBAT, Paducah, KY, June 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 12, 1981, 20:00 local time
- Place: Paducah, KY
- Airport: Farrington
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff Ground Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0709° N, 88.6445° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Paducah, KY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0709&lon=-88.6445&mi=10
- Aircraft: N44MB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N44MB-2012-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ameagle MINIBAT (registry code 05647AS, https://openairdocs.org/model/ameagle-minibat) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MINIBAT
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 165 total, 10 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL81DLQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DLQ19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810612032479A

## Narrative

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

GROUND CREW RELEASED GLIDER EARLY DURING AIRPLANE TWO. WING DRAGGED. PILOT LOST CONTROL, GROUND-LOOPED, BROKE ROPE.

## 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 ATL81DLQ19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL81DLQ19), Jun 12, 1981: Ameagle Minbat (N44MB), Paducah, KY, substantial damage

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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