19931215047419A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrsn Skybolt · Erie, CO · December 15, 1993

Date
December 15, 1993 · 16:00 local
Place
Erie, CO
Airport
Parkland Airport
Phase of flight
Normal Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N360HP
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW94LA055
Reported as
Amtrsn Skybolt
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1A5
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total1,500 in this make and model25 in the last 90 days

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.

Post maintenance test flight. Flight control flutter at 190MPH. Slowed and landed. Fractured spar. Aileron buckled.

As the FAA filed it

POST MAINTENANCE TEST FLIGHT. FLIGHT CONTROL FLUTTER AT 190MPH. SLOWED AND LANDED. FRACTURED SPAR. AILERON BUCKLED.

NTSB investigation

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