# Accident 19900610019379A: Amtr HUMMEL BIRD, Lumberton, NJ, June 10, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1990, 11:20 local time
- Place: Lumberton, NJ
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9659° N, 74.8052° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lumberton, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9659&lon=-74.8052&mi=10
- Aircraft: N51L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51L-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mason Larry L HUMMEL BIRD (registry code 05616HN, https://openairdocs.org/model/mason-larry-l-hummel-bird) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Bombardier ROTAX (ALL) (registry code 09050, https://openairdocs.org/engine/bombardier-rotax-all) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR HUMMEL BIRD
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 15 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC90FHD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FHD01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19900610019379A

## Narrative

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

VERTICAL STABILIZER SEPARATED ON CLIMBOUT. HOMEBUILT CRASHED INVERTED. RUDDER ATTACH BOLT HAD FAILED.

## 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 NYC90FHD01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC90FHD01), Jun 10, 1990: Mason Hummel Bird (N51L), Lumberton, NJ, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: FAILURE OF THE RUDDER ATTACH BOLT, WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF AIRCRAFT CONTROL AND AN UNCONTROLLED DESCENT TO THE GROUND.

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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