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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtr RS15 · Ames, IA · April 28, 1991

Date
April 28, 1991 · 15:30 local
Place
Ames, IA
Airport
Ames Municipal Airport
Phase of flight
Climb
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N96Y
Reported as
Amtr RS15
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,800 total4 in this make and model35 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.

During climbout on tow canopy opened and departed. Pilot released tow and landed safely.

As the FAA filed it

DURING CLIMBOUT ON TOW CANOPY OPENED AND DEPARTED. PILOT RELEASED TOW AND LANDED SAFELY.