# Accident 19880418047519A: Amtrof BABYLAKES, Angleton, TX, April 18, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 18, 1988, 19:00 local time
- Place: Angleton, TX
- Airport: Bailes
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1592° N, 95.4197° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1592&lon=-95.4197&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6915, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6915-1989-09-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Baby Great Lakes C65 (registry code 39120G0, https://openairdocs.org/model/baby-great-lakes-c65) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTROF BABYLAKES
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,290 total, 16 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88DRA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRA09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880418047519A

## Narrative

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

WITNESS STATEMENTS AND VERTICAL GROUND IMPACT INDICATES THE AIRCRAFT HAD STALLED IN A LOW ALTITUDE STEEP TURN.

## 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 FTW88DRA09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRA09), Apr 19, 1988: Curtis Baby Great Lakes (N6915), Angleton, TX, 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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