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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrac ELITE532 · Libby, MT · August 4, 1991

Date
August 4, 1991 · 13:25 local
Place
Libby, MT
Airport
Libby Airport
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N70300
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA91LA202
Reported as
Amtrac ELITE532
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX532
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
376 total

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.

First flight in type. Over controlled pitch and power. Gyrated fore and aft. Pitched over inverted. Rotors came off

As the FAA filed it

FIRST FLIGHT IN TYPE. OVER CONTROLLED PITCH AND POWER. GYRATED FORE AND AFT. PITCHED OVER INVERTED. ROTORS CAME OFF

NTSB investigation

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