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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrcp RATSREPUS300 · Pontiac, MI · May 24, 1988

Date
May 24, 1988 · 15:07 local
Place
Pontiac, MI
Airport
Oakland-Pontiac
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N889HC
Reported as
Amtrcp RATSREPUS300
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540A1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,810 total4 in this make and model

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.

Wing structural section and aileron departed aircraft during a high speed pass. Aircraft rolled and hit inverted.

As the FAA filed it

WING STRUCTURAL SECTION AND AILERON DEPARTED AIRCRAFT DURING A HIGH SPEED PASS. AIRCRAFT ROLLED AND HIT INVERTED.