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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrac ELITE532 · Rome, GA · June 3, 1990

Date
June 3, 1990 · 14:00 local
Place
Rome, GA
Airport
Richard B Russell
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N2173B
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL90DKG04
Reported as
Amtrac ELITE532
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX532
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
208 total14 in this make and model14 in the last 90 days

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Demonstrated gyroplane in a flat spiral without enough altitude to recover,struck ground in flat 3 point position.

As the FAA filed it

DEMONSTRATED GYROPLANE IN A FLAT SPIRAL WITHOUT ENOUGH ALTITUDE TO RECOVER,STRUCK GROUND IN FLAT 3 POINT POSITION.

NTSB investigation

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