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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrac ELITE532 · St Francisville, LA · June 28, 1987

Date
June 28, 1987 · 13:45 local
Place
St Francisville, LA
Phase of flight
Unauth Low Level Opns
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N532X
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW87DRD06
Reported as
Amtrac ELITE532
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX532
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
142 total21 in this make and model7 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.

The gyrocopter impacted the ground after a low pass near a farm tractor. Pilot may have suffered a heart attack.

As the FAA filed it

THE GYROCOPTER IMPACTED THE GROUND AFTER A LOW PASS NEAR A FARM TRACTOR. PILOT MAY HAVE SUFFERED A HEART ATTACK.

NTSB investigation

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