# Accident 20000513040079A: Amtr FLYBABY1A, Keymar, MD, May 13, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 13, 2000, 17:10 local time
- Place: Keymar, MD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Climb
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.5908° N, 77.2594° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.5908&lon=-77.2594&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2685, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2685-2012-09-20) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hing BOWERS FLY BABY 1A (registry code 1412126, https://openairdocs.org/model/hing-bowers-fly-baby-1a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR FLYBABY1A
- Reported engine: CONT A75*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC00LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA134) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000513040079A

## Narrative

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

(.4)ON MAY 13, 2000, ABOUT 1710 EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, A HOMEBUILT FLY BABY 1A, N2685, WAS DESTROYED WHEN IT STRUCK THE GROUND NEAR KEYMAR AIRPARK AIRPORT, KEYMAR, MARYLAND. THE CERTIFICATED PRIVATE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED FOR THE PERSONAL FLIGHT. NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED FOR THE FLIGHT THAT HAD DEPARTED FROM FAIRFIELD, PENNSYLVANIA, AND WAS CONDUCTED UNDER 14 CFR PART 91. ACCORDING TO AN INSPECTOR FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA), AND WITNESSES, THE AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED TO OVER-FLY THE AIRPORT, PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY, IN A SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION, ABOUT 1,500 FEET ABOVE GROUND LEVEL (AGL). ONE WITNESS THOUGHT THE AIRPLANE WAS IN A CLIMB, WHILE THE OTHER WITNESS REPORTED THE AIRPLANE WAS IN A NOSE HIGH ATTITUDE. THE WITNESSES REPORTED HEARING A "BANG" OR "POPPING SOUND", AND OBSERVED THE RIGHT WING FOLD UP AGAINST THE SIDE OF THE FUSELAGE. THE AIRPLANE THEN DESCENDED AND STRUCK THE GROUND IN AN OPEN FIELD ABOUT 1/4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE AIRPORT. (-23) THE AIRCRAFT WAS OBSERVED HEADING IN A SOUTHWEST DIRECTION, PARALLEL TO THE RUNWAY AT KEYMAR, AND SOUTHEAST OF IT AT AN ESTIMATED ALTITUDE OF 15                       00 FEET AGL. THE AIRCRAFT WAS IN A SLIGHT CLIMB. THE RIGHT WING FOLDED UP AND BACK AND A BANG WAS HEARD. THE AIRCRAFT FELL TO THE GROUND. THE PILOT WAS FATALLY INJURED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DEMOLISHED.

## 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 NYC00LA134](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC00LA134), May 13, 2000: Hing FLY Baby 1A (N2685), Keymar, MD, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: An overload failure of both flying wires, on the underside of the right wing, while the airplane was climbing, due to improper balance between the two flying wires, by unknown person(s).

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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