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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrac ELITE532 · Chicago, IL · March 24, 1991

Date
March 24, 1991 · 12:30 local
Place
Chicago, IL
Airport
Lansing Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N447MR
NTSB investigation
NTSBCHI91DEE03
Reported as
Amtrac ELITE532
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX532
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
498 total378 in this make and model6 in the last 90 days

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.

Failed to recover from pilot induced spiral. Hit ground bounced and came down inverted.

As the FAA filed it

FAILED TO RECOVER FROM PILOT INDUCED SPIRAL. HIT GROUND BOUNCED AND CAME DOWN INVERTED.

NTSB investigation

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