# Accident 19830709031469A: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Flying Cloud, MN, July 9, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 9, 1983, 14:00 local time
- Place: Flying Cloud, MN
- Airport: Flying Cloud
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8275° N, 93.4586° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FLYING CLOUD (FCM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8275&lon=-93.4586&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59BC-2013-06-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Chamberlain Bradley B DRAGONFLY (registry code 05647UY, https://openairdocs.org/model/chamberlain-bradley-b-dragonfly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Volkswagen CONVERSION (registry code 63501, https://openairdocs.org/engine/volkswagen-conversion) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DRAGONFLY
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 95 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA311) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830709031469A

## Narrative

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

PILOT MADE BOUNCING LANDING DURING INITIAL FLIGHT OF EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT.

## 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 CHI83LA311](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA311), Jul 9, 1983: Viking Dragonfly (N59BC), Flying Cloud, MN, substantial damage

## Other reports on N59BC (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19850707029479A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850707029479A), Jul 7, 1985: Amtr DRAGONFLY (N59BC), Faribault, MN, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Struck a tree during emergency landing and burst into flames. Fuel strainer and carburetor had rust and corrosion.

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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