# Accident 19970526011789A: Amtr RV4, Bainbridge, OH, May 26, 1997

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1997, 11:44 local time
- Place: Bainbridge, OH
- Airport: Haas Airport
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.2198° N, 83.2605° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.2198&lon=-83.2605&mi=10
- Aircraft: N61CD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N61CD-1999-01-27) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dresbach Irwin W RV-4 (registry code 05608MH, https://openairdocs.org/model/dresbach-irwin-w-rv-4) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR RV4
- Reported engine: LYC O320D3G
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 561 total, 75 in this make and model
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD97LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA076) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970526011789A

## Narrative

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

ROLLED AND NOSED DOWN ON CLIMBOUT. IMPACTED IN A DIVE. PILOT HAD RECENT BYPASS SURGERY. FURTHER ESHEMIA POSSIBLE. (-23) RV-4..N61CD DEPARTED BAINBRIDGE, OH, HAAS AIRPORT (9I5) VFR AT 1624 UTC.  AFTER DEPARTING (9I5), ON CLIMB OUT 200/300 FT, AIRCRAFT TURNED RIGHT, NOSED STRAIGHT DOWN INTO FIELD APPROXIMATELY 1 MI OFF END OF RUNWAY. WITNESSES REPORTED ENGINE WAS RUNNING UNTIL AIRCRAFT CRASHED IN FIELD.  AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED, ONE ABOARD AND ONE FATAL.

## 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 IAD97LA076](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD97LA076), May 26, 1997: Dresbach RV-4 (N61CD), Bainbridge, OH, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: failure of the pilot to maintain control of the airplane during the initial climb after takeoff. The pilot's physiological conditions was a possible factor.

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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