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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr DRAGONFLY · Burley, ID · June 28, 1985

Date
June 28, 1985 · 07:35 local
Place
Burley, ID
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N935AB
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA85LA153
Reported as
Amtr Dragonfly
Reported engine
AMTRVW VW1800VOLKS
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
379 total0 in this make and model5 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.

Became airborne and nose pitched down despite application of aft elevator. Bounced hard and veered. Canard broken.

As the FAA filed it

BECAME AIRBORNE AND NOSE PITCHED DOWN DESPITE APPLICATION OF AFT ELEVATOR. BOUNCED HARD AND VEERED. CANARD BROKEN.

NTSB investigation

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