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Incident · Destroyed

FAA incident report · Amtr FIRESTARMK12 · Missoula, MT · September 7, 1998

Date: September 7, 1998 · 09:45 local
Place: Missoula, MT
Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Destroyed
Aircraft: NONE
Reported as: Amtr FIRESTARMK12
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 1

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.

(-23) The coroner of Missoula, MT, reported that Mr. Leroy bowman was performing high speed taxiing of the non-registered experimental aircraft when the aircraft became airborne. Witness stated the aircraft became airborne, after three attempts to land. Mr. Bowman then powered back and made a right climbing turn the aircraft stalled and crashed. There are no records of the pilot receiving any flight training. The aircraft was not an ultralight. The aircraft did not have an airworthiness certificate or registration.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) THE CORONER OF MISSOULA, MT, REPORTED THAT MR. LEROY BOWMAN WAS PERFORMING HIGH SPEED TAXIING OF THE NON-REGISTERED EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT WHEN THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE. WITNESS STATED THE AIRCRAFT BECAME AIRBORNE, AFTER THREE ATTEMPTS TO LAND. MR. BOWMAN THEN POWERED BACK AND MADE A RIGHT CLIMBING TURN THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND CRASHED. THERE ARE NO RECORDS OF THE PILOT RECEIVING ANY FLIGHT TRAINING. THE AIRCRAFT WAS NOT AN ULTRALIGHT. THE AIRCRAFT DID NOT HAVE AN AIRWORTHINESS CERTIFICATE OR REGISTRATION.