# Incident 19910428016889I: Amtr RS15, Ames, IA, April 28, 1991

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 28, 1991, 15:30 local time
- Place: Ames, IA
- Airport: Ames Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9920° N, 93.6218° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AMES MUNI (AMW), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9920&lon=-93.6218&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96Y-2001-02-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Esslstyn BRYAN AIRCRAFT RS-15 (registry code 0562337, https://openairdocs.org/model/esslstyn-bryan-aircraft-rs-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RS15
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,800 total, 4 in this make and model, 35 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910428016889I

## Narrative

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

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

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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