# Incident 19880825046849I: Amtraa BABYACED, Topeka, KS, August 25, 1988

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1988, 11:55 local time
- Place: Topeka, KS
- Airport: Philip Billard Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.0688° N, 95.6224° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at PHILIP BILLARD MUNI (TOP), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.0688&lon=-95.6224&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2308S, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2308S-2011-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: West-Heckman W-H BABY ACE D (registry code 0030433, https://openairdocs.org/model/west-heckman-w-h-baby-ace-d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRAA BABYACED
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 250 total, 4 in this make and model, 4 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880825046849I

## Narrative

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

BOUNCED ON HARD LANDING THEN APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING ON TOUCHDOWN. PLANE NOSED OVER DAMAGING PROP.

## Other reports on N2308S (1)

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

- [Accident 19830904049669A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830904049669A), Sep 4, 1983: Amtraa BABYACED (N2308S), Easton, MO, Substantial damage. Ran out of fuel en route. The landing gear burst on a hard emergency highway landing.

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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