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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrbw FLYBABY1 · Bemidji, MN · May 29, 1990

Date
May 29, 1990 · 15:30 local
Place
Bemidji, MN
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N3204
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC90LA116
Reported as
Amtrbw FLYBABY1
Reported engine
Continental C7512
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.

Right wing folded on takeoff climb. Homebuilt crashed into trees. Right wing retaining pins were absent.

As the FAA filed it

RIGHT WING FOLDED ON TAKEOFF CLIMB. HOMEBUILT CRASHED INTO TREES. RIGHT WING RETAINING PINS WERE ABSENT.

NTSB investigation

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