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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Amtr Avidflyer · Baco Raton, FL · January 12, 1991

Date
January 12, 1991 · 17:25 local
Place
Baco Raton, FL
Airport
Boca Raton Airport
Phase of flight
Other Ground Ops
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N428DP
Reported as
Amtr Avidflyer
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
700 total

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.

On high speed taxi test aircraft became airborne. Lost control. Crashed into trees. Fuel switch failed.

As the FAA filed it

ON HIGH SPEED TAXI TEST AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. LOST CONTROL. CRASHED INTO TREES. FUEL SWITCH FAILED.