# Accident 19870727079849A: Amtrac ELITE532, Davenport, IA, July 27, 1987

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 1987, 18:35 local time
- Place: Davenport, IA
- Airport: Davenport Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6103° N, 90.5884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DAVENPORT MUNI (DVN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6103&lon=-90.5884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5253 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRAC ELITE532
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX532
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 263 total, 13 in this make and model
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870727079849A

## Narrative

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

ROUGH AIR CAUSED ROTOR BLADES TO STRIKE PROPELLER AND KNOCK OFF THE RUDDER IN CRUISE FLIGHT. OVERCONTROL BY PILOT.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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