# Accident 19890713022369A: Amtr KB2, Wharton, TX, July 13, 1989

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1989, 19:45 local time
- Place: Wharton, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.3104° N, 96.0909° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.3104&lon=-96.0909&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7037K, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7037K-1990-08-10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lowe David L KB 2 (registry code 130014V, https://openairdocs.org/model/lowe-david-l-kb-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR KB2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 16 total, 16 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW89DRA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89DRA07) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890713022369A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED FLYING LOW, LOST CONTROL AND CRASHED. NO SOLO ENDORSEMENT IN THE GYROPLANE.

## 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 FTW89DRA07](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW89DRA07), Jul 14, 1989: Lowe/Bensen KB-2 (N7037K), Wharton, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: POOR JUDGEMENT BY THE STUDENT PILOT BY PERFORMING EXCESSIVE/LOW ALTITUDE MANEUVERS, WHICH RESULTED IN HIS FAILURE TO MAINTAIN SUFFICIENT CLEARANCE (ALTITUDE) ABOVE THE OPEN FIELD. HIS LACK OF…

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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