19831007056759A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr RALLY3A · Arab, AL · October 7, 1983

Date
October 7, 1983 · 17:15 local
Place
Arab, AL
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3883U
Reported as
Amtr RALLY3A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
13 in this make and model0 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.

Pilot unable to control aircraft during takeoff and crashed into tree. Aircraft reported as ultralight.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT UNABLE TO CONTROL AIRCRAFT DURING TAKEOFF AND CRASHED INTO TREE. AIRCRAFT REPORTED AS ULTRALIGHT.