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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr BOBCAT1 · Billings, MT · March 23, 1989

Date
March 23, 1989 · 14:30 local
Place
Billings, MT
Airport
Airpark Oscars'S Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N80927
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN89LA092
Reported as
Amtr BOBCAT1
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX532
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
586 total43 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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Reported engine quit at 40 feet AGL on takeoff. Impacted on airport nose down. No memory of flight. Engine normal.

As the FAA filed it

REPORTED ENGINE QUIT AT 40 FEET AGL ON TAKEOFF. IMPACTED ON AIRPORT NOSE DOWN. NO MEMORY OF FLIGHT. ENGINE NORMAL.

NTSB investigation

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