# Accident 19910324011839A: Amtrac ELITE532, Chicago, IL, March 24, 1991

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 24, 1991, 12:30 local time
- Place: Chicago, IL
- Airport: Lansing Municipal Airport
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6091° N, 87.5407° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6091&lon=-87.5407&mi=10
- Aircraft: N447MR (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRAC ELITE532
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX532
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 498 total, 378 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI91DEE03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91DEE03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910324011839A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 CHI91DEE03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91DEE03), Mar 24, 1991: Air Command Gyrocopter (N447MR), Lansing, IL, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S DELAYED PULLUP. A FACTOR IN THE ACCIDENT WAS THE PILOT'S EXESSIVE RATE OF DESCENT DURING THE SPIRAL MANEUVER.

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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