40.9778° N, 92.5877° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs at ANTIQUE AIRFIELD (IA27), within about a mile.Open in the map
Date
February 7, 1992 · 10:40 local
Place
Blakesburg, IA
Airport
Antique Airfield Airport
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
NR890
Reported as
Amtrqc CHALLENGER2
Reported engine
ROTAX ROTAX503
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
600 total20 in this make and model
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.
Lost control trying to land homebuilt ultralight in severe gusty surface winds. Stalled and crashed.
As the FAA filed it
LOST CONTROL TRYING TO LAND HOMEBUILT ULTRALIGHT IN SEVERE GUSTY SURFACE WINDS. STALLED AND CRASHED.