# Accident 19981103031159A: Becker/Allen-Lee-Terry WAG-AERO SUPER SPORT, Hamilton, ND, November 3, 1998

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 3, 1998, 13:55 local time
- Place: Hamilton, ND
- Damage: Destroyed
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.8005° N, 97.4508° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.8005&lon=-97.4508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N285BB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N285BB-1999-05-05) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Becker/Allen-Lee-Terry WAG-AERO SUPER SPORT (registry code 05655TD, https://openairdocs.org/model/becker-allen-lee-terry-wag-aero-super-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI99LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA020) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19981103031159A

## Narrative

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

ACFT IMPACTED GROUND FOR UNKN REASON. (-23) ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 1998 AT 1355 LOCAL, A WAG-AERO HOMEBUILT, N285BB, OPERATED BY A COMMERCIAL PILOT, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT STRUCK THE GROUND FATALLY INJURING THE PILOT.  VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM CAVALIER AIRPORT, NORTH DAKOT AT APPROXIMATELY 1330 LOCAL.  NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED.

## 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 CHI99LA020](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI99LA020), Nov 3, 1998: Becker Wag Aero Super Sport (N285BB), Hamilton, ND, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: the fatigue failure of the lower wing strut attachment bracket.

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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