# Incident 19880806049639I: Amtrsn SKYBOLT, Springfield, IL, August 6, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1988, 23:00 local time
- Place: Springfield, IL
- Airport: Capital
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.8017° N, 89.6437° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Springfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.8017&lon=-89.6437&mi=10
- Aircraft: N113BW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N113BW-2013-06-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Walton William G SKYBOLT (registry code 05655LY, https://openairdocs.org/model/walton-william-g-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-540 series (registry code 41530, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSN SKYBOLT
- Reported engine: LYC IO540C4B5
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,648 total, 136 in this make and model, 120 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880806049639I

## Narrative

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

WHILE TAXIING TO RAMP, PILOT BRAKED HARD TO AVOID WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A PERSON. NOSE UP. WAS BLINDED BY LIGHTS.

## Other reports on N113BW (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19940827023609A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19940827023609A), Aug 27, 1994: Amtrsn SKYBOLT (N113BW), Collinsville, OK, Destroyed, 2 fatal. Rotated to vertical on climbout. Pitched down. Vertical impact. Evidence battery cables short on control rods.
- [Incident 19920726034789I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920726034789I), Jul 26, 1992: Amtrsn SKYBOLT (N113BW), Shattuck, OK, Minor damage. Landed in a wheat field. On rollout encountered rain softened ground. Wheels sank in ground. Aircraft nosed over.

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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