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Incident · Substantial damage

FAA incident report · Amtrte TIERRA2 · Grant City, WA · March 22, 1987

Date
March 22, 1987 · 13:37 local
Place
Grant City, WA
Phase of flight
Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N4480L
Reported as
Amtrte TIERRA2
Fatal injuries
0

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.

Gust of wind caused homebuilt to become airborne. Non pilot was unable to control the aircraft and crashed.

As the FAA filed it

GUST OF WIND CAUSED HOMEBUILT TO BECOME AIRBORNE. NON PILOT WAS UNABLE TO CONTROL THE AIRCRAFT AND CRASHED.