# Accident 19880924040079A: Amtrtr TURNERT40, Leander, TX, September 24, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1988, 11:30 local time
- Place: Leander, TX
- Airport: Kittie Hill Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.6021° N, 97.8189° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Kittie Hill Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.6021&lon=-97.8189&mi=10
- Aircraft: N187T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N187T-1994-12-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bingelis T-40 (registry code 0560836, https://openairdocs.org/model/bingelis-t-40) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTR TURNERT40
- Reported engine: CONT C8512F
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,801 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW88DRG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRG13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880924040079A

## Narrative

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

BECAME AIRBORNE ON A BUMP ON TAKEOFF. POWER SURGES PILOT LOST CONTROL DRAGGED WING AND CARTWHEELED. THROTTLE FACTOR

## 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 FTW88DRG13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW88DRG13), Sep 24, 1988: Bingelis T-40 (N187T), Georgetown, TX, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S INABILITY TO MAINTAIN CONTROL OF AN AIRCRAFT THAT HE HAD NEVER FLOWN BEFORE, AS WELL AS, HIS INABILITY TO APPLY REMEDIAL ACTION AS REQUIRED FOR THE FLIGHT REGIME.

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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