# Accident 19880921043729A: Amtrac ELITE532, Cottage Grove, WI, September 21, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 21, 1988, 16:40 local time
- Place: Cottage Grove, WI
- Airport: Little Wheel Field Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0804° N, 89.2007° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0804&lon=-89.2007&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7015C (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRAC ELITE532
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX532
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 20 total, 8 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI88DEP13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEP13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880921043729A

## Narrative

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

IMPROPER CONTROL INPUT CAUSED ROTORS TO HIT PROP AND INFLIGHT BREAKUP. STUDENT WAS ILLEGALLY ENDORSED FOR OPERATION

## 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 CHI88DEP13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI88DEP13), Sep 21, 1988: Heibel AIR Command 532 (N7015C), Cottage Grove, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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