# Accident 19870724037809A: Amtr POLLIWAGON, Ely, MN, July 24, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 24, 1987, 07:20 local time
- Place: Ely, MN
- Airport: Ely Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 47.9000° N, 91.8498° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.9000&lon=-91.8498&mi=10
- Aircraft: N48876 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR POLLIWAGON
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 552 total, 1 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI87DER11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DER11) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870724037809A

## Narrative

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

STALLED FROM 500 FEET IN TURN. IMPACTED GROUND AT 80 DEGREE ANGLE. UNAPPROVED HORIZONTAL STABILIZER LOCATION ON FIN

## 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 CHI87DER11](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI87DER11), Jul 24, 1987: Hendrickson Polliwagon (N48876), Ely, MN, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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