19881014047619A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrac ELITE532 · Chattangooga, TN · October 14, 1988

Date
October 14, 1988 · 18:17 local
Place
Chattangooga, TN
Airport
Dallas Bay Skypark Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N169WC
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL89DLT01
Reported as
Amtrac ELITE532
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX532
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Indicates pilot-induced oscillations caused the main rotor to strike the prop. Crashed inverted. Not certificated.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES PILOT-INDUCED OSCILLATIONS CAUSED THE MAIN ROTOR TO STRIKE THE PROP. CRASHED INVERTED. NOT CERTIFICATED.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.