# Accident 19930509012579A: Amtrbw FLYBABY1, Peapack, NJ, May 9, 1993

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 9, 1993, 12:04 local time
- Place: Peapack, NJ
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.7168° N, 74.6565° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Peapack, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.7168&lon=-74.6565&mi=10
- Aircraft: N80PH, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N80PH-1993-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hockenbury Peter L BOWERS FLY-BABY A1 (registry code 14101B7, https://openairdocs.org/model/hockenbury-peter-l-bowers-fly-baby-a1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBW FLYBABY1
- Reported engine: CONT C8512
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 587 total, 402 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB BFO93LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19930509012579A

## Narrative

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

LOST PARTIAL POWER. LANDED IN TREES AND FELL TO GROUND. THROTTLE VALVE ACTUATING ARM LOOSE ON THROTTLE SHAFT.

## 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 BFO93LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO93LA076), May 9, 1993: Hockenbury Bowers FLY Baby (N80PH), Peapack, NJ, substantial damage. Probable cause: THE FAILURE OF THE THROTTLE VALVE ACTUATING ARM WHICH RESULTED IN PARTIAL OPENING OF THE THROTTLE VALVE. A FACTOR RELATED TO THE ACCIDENT WAS THE UNSUITABLE TERRAIN AVAILABLE FOR LANDING.

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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