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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr Glasairiii · Congress, AZ · April 13, 1997

Date
April 13, 1997 · 11:54 local
Place
Congress, AZ
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N28BD
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX97LA158
Reported as
Amtr Glasairiii
Reported engine
Lycoming IO540K1G5
People aboard
2
Fatal injuries
2
Pilot’s flight hours
1,600 total

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Observed inverted flat spin to impact. No anomailies found. How or why the homebuilt entered inverted spin unknown.

As the FAA filed it

OBSERVED INVERTED FLAT SPIN TO IMPACT. NO ANOMAILIES FOUND. HOW OR WHY THE HOMEBUILT ENTERED INVERTED SPIN UNKNOWN.

NTSB investigation

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