# Accident 19900407011629A: Amtrac ELITE532, Okeechobee, FL, April 7, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1990, 17:11 local time
- Place: Okeechobee, FL
- Airport: Okeechobee County Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 27.4991° N, 80.9309° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4991&lon=-80.9309&mi=10
- Aircraft: N532RC (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRAC ELITE532
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX532
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 251 total, 1 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA90FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA102) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900407011629A

## Narrative

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

OBSERVED IN 90 DEGREE NOSE ATTITUDE. MAIN ROTOR WAS UNLOADED. ROLLED,CRASHED INVERTED. NO CHECKOUT IN TYPE.

## 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 MIA90FA102](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA90FA102), Apr 7, 1990: Farrington AIR Command 532 (N532RC), Okeechobee, FL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: PILOT'S DECISION TO ATTEMPT TO FLY THE GYROCOPTER WITHOUT PROPER TRAINING RESULTING IN THE INFLIGHT LOSS OF CONTROL AND SUBSEQUENT CRASH.

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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