# Accident 19881030050939A: Amtrkb TWINSTAR, Lake Elsinore, CA, October 30, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 30, 1988, 11:10 local time
- Place: Lake Elsinore, CA
- Airport: Skylark Field Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.6330° N, 117.3016° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SKYLARK (CA89), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.6330&lon=-117.3016&mi=10
- Aircraft: N50913 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRKB TWINSTAR
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX503
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 58 total, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX89DUG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DUG01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19881030050939A

## Narrative

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

GLIDED OVER LAKE BRIEFLY TO TALK TO PASSENGER. ENGINE QUIT WHEN THROTTLE WAS ADVANCED. LANDED SHORT OF AIRPORT.

## 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 LAX89DUG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX89DUG01), Oct 30, 1988: Klob-Gordon TWIN-STAR (N50913), Lake Elsinore, CA, substantial damage

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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