# Accident 19920829033919A: Amtrac ELITE532, Dumas, TX, August 29, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 29, 1992, 11:10 local time
- Place: Dumas, TX
- Airport: Dumas Municipal Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.8601° N, 101.9605° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.8601&lon=-101.9605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N700TB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRAC ELITE532
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX532
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,500 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW92DQG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92DQG02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920829033919A

## Narrative

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

SLOWED CIRCLING AIRPORT ON FIRST FLIGHT OF NEWLY PURCHASED GYROCOPTER. BEGAN ROTATING AND DIVED INTO GROUND.

## 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 FTW92DQG02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW92DQG02), Aug 29, 1992: Woodstock AIR Command 532 (N700TB), Dumas, TX, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN AIRSPEED. A FACTOR WAS THE HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE.

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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