# Accident 20050828029209A: Amtr BABYBELLE, El Dara, IL, August 28, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 2005, 09:15 local time
- Place: El Dara, IL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.6389° N, 90.7786° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.6389&lon=-90.7786&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9094P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9094P-2018-01-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Allensworth David D BABY BELLE (registry code 05610SD, https://openairdocs.org/model/allensworth-david-d-baby-belle) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR BABYBELLE
- Reported engine: LYC O320*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI05LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA243) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050828029209A

## Narrative

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

(-23) ON 08-28-2005 A HOMEBUILT ROTORCRAFT PILOTED BY THE BUILDER CRASHED AND BURNED APPROXIMATELY 1 MILE SOUTH OF EL DARA, IL. THE PRIVATE PILOT HELICOPTER RATED AIRMAN WAS IN CRUISE FLIGHT AT LOW ALTITUDE OVER A TREE LINE JUST BEFORE ENTERING ONE OF HIS CROP FIELDS HE WAS TO SURVEY. EYEWITNESS REPORTS STATE THAT THEY HEARD THE ENGINE RUN ROUGH THEN THE NOSE OF THE AIRCRAFT PITCH DOWN AND DESCEND BELOW THEIR LINE OF SIGHT.

## 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 CHI05LA243](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI05LA243), Aug 28, 2005: Allensworth Baby Belle (N9094P), El Dara, IL, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The manufacturer failed to specify a relief radius on the tail rotor spindle drawings, which resulted in the spindle being manufactured with an inadequate relief radius at the point of fatigue…

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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