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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr ZUNI · Wellington, NV · July 16, 1988

Date
July 16, 1988 · 16:45 local
Place
Wellington, NV
Phase of flight
Unknown/Not Reported
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N14XZ
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA88FA131
Reported as
Amtr Zuni
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
231 total13 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.

Glider came apart in flight. Parachute partially deployed, pilot on oxygen. Thunderstorms nearby.

As the FAA filed it

GLIDER CAME APART IN FLIGHT. PARACHUTE PARTIALLY DEPLOYED, PILOT ON OXYGEN. THUNDERSTORMS NEARBY.

NTSB investigation

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