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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtraa Juniorace · Cloverdale, IN · February 29, 1988

Date
February 29, 1988 · 15:45 local
Place
Cloverdale, IN
Airport
Clover Knoll
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N21BL
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI88DEX02
Reported as
Amtraa Juniorace
Reported engine
Continental C8512
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,133 total1 in this make and model13 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.

Struck wires on approach and crashed onto the runway. Unfamiliar with homebuilt and possible downdraft are factors.

As the FAA filed it

STRUCK WIRES ON APPROACH AND CRASHED ONTO THE RUNWAY. UNFAMILIAR WITH HOMEBUILT AND POSSIBLE DOWNDRAFT ARE FACTORS.

NTSB investigation

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