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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrcd Shoestring · Gaithersburg, MD · April 24, 1988

Date
April 24, 1988 · 16:00 local
Place
Gaithersburg, MD
Airport
Montgomery County Arpk Airport
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N47CL
NTSB investigation
NTSBBFO88DIG02
Reported as
Amtrcd Shoestring
Reported engine
Lycoming O235*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
1,200 total

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.

Observed performing acrobatics at low altitude stalled crashed into trees.

As the FAA filed it

OBSERVED PERFORMING ACROBATICS AT LOW ALTITUDE STALLED CRASHED INTO TREES.

NTSB investigation

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