# Accident 19920920037529A: Amtraa BABYACEC, Jacksonville, NC, September 20, 1992

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 20, 1992, 18:02 local time
- Place: Jacksonville, NC
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.7541° N, 77.4302° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Jacksonville, NC, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.7541&lon=-77.4302&mi=10
- Aircraft: N840Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N840Z-2013-07-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Robert B Boston CORBEN BABY ACE C (registry code 05631W8, https://openairdocs.org/model/robert-b-boston-corben-baby-ace-c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Franklin 4AC176B series (registry code 27006, https://openairdocs.org/engine/franklin-4ac176b-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRAA BABYACEC
- Reported engine: FRNKLN 4AC176B*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 3,500 total, 10 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL92LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA183) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19920920037529A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL IN STEEP TURN. IMPACTED GROUND IN NOSE LOW ALTITUDE. FOUND NO PROBLEMS WITH CONTROLS OR POWER PLANT.

## 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 ATL92LA183](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL92LA183), Sep 20, 1992: Corben Baby ACE (N840Z), Jacksonville, NC, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT'S FAILURE TO MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED WHICH RESULTED IN A LOSS OF CONTROL AND AN INADVERTENT STALL AND COLLISION WITH THE GROUND.

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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