# Accident 19880806031039A: Amtrte TIERRA2, Prairie City, IA, August 6, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1988, 19:17 local time
- Place: Prairie City, IA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Go Round (Aborted VFR)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5909° N, 93.2308° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5909&lon=-93.2308&mi=10
- Aircraft: N823PF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N823PF-1994-07-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Prairie Flyers TIERRA II (registry code 0567612, https://openairdocs.org/model/prairie-flyers-tierra-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTE TIERRA2
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX532
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 74 total, 21 in this make and model, 45 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC88DCD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88DCD02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880806031039A

## Narrative

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

TRIED TO LAND IN A HAYFIELD. TOO ROUGH, BEGAN A GO AROUND AND STALLED AFTER CLEARING WIRES. NEAR VERTICAL IMPACT.

## 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 MKC88DCD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC88DCD02), Aug 7, 1988: Prairie Flyers Tierra II (N823PF), Prairie City, IA, destroyed

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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