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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrbw FLYBABY1 · Doylestown, PA · June 9, 1995

Date: June 9, 1995 · 13:30 local
Place: Doylestown, PA
Airport: Doylestown Airport
Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N6311
Reported as: Amtrbw FLYBABY1
Reported engine: Continental A658
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 365 total180 in this make and model1 in the last 90 days

N6311Registration cancelled May 16, 2001 · Bowers Fly Baby 1-AS/N 65-33 Airframe modelBowers Fly Baby 1-A

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.

Narrative: this was the first flight of the year for pilot/owner of experimental aircraft. He was airborne for approximately 20 minutes when aircraft engine began to run rough and then quit. Aircraft crashed short of runway 23 and damaged propellor and landing gear. Pilot received minor injuries. Investigation revealed contaminated auto fuel in aircraft fuel system. Pilot/owner was not authorized repairman of the aircraft and aircraft had not received required annual condition inspections for several years. privacy data omitted

As the FAA filed it

NARRATIVE: THIS WAS THE FIRST FLIGHT OF THE YEAR FOR PILOT/OWNER OF EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT. HE WAS AIRBORNE FOR APPROXIMATELY 20 MINUTES WHEN AIRCRAFT ENGINE BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH AND THEN QUIT. AIRCRAFT CRASHED SHORT OF RUNWAY 23 AND DAMAGED PROPELLOR AND LANDING GEAR. PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. INVESTIGATION REVEALED CONTAMINATED AUTO FUEL IN AIRCRAFT FUEL SYSTEM. PILOT/OWNER WAS NOT AUTHORIZED REPAIRMAN OF THE AIRCRAFT AND AIRCRAFT HAD NOT RECEIVED REQUIRED ANNUAL CONDITION INSPECTIONS FOR SEVERAL YEARS. ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^