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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrac ELITE532 · Tomahawk, WI · January 15, 1991

Date
January 15, 1991 · 15:10 local
Place
Tomahawk, WI
Airport
Tomahawk Regional Airport
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NR847
Reported as
Amtrac ELITE532
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
11 in this make and model

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.

Pitched down,tumbled and fell. Pilots face and glasses ice covered. Lost attitude reference and unloaded rotors.

As the FAA filed it

PITCHED DOWN,TUMBLED AND FELL. PILOTS FACE AND GLASSES ICE COVERED. LOST ATTITUDE REFERENCE AND UNLOADED ROTORS.