# Accident 20070720015219A: Amtr FLYBABY, Hodgen, OK, July 20, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 20, 2007, 20:00 local time
- Place: Hodgen, OK
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8869° N, 94.6025° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8869&lon=-94.6025&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6156Y, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6156Y-2018-01-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hazen Curtis L FLY BABY (registry code 05605MD, https://openairdocs.org/model/hazen-curtis-l-fly-baby) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR FLYBABY
- Reported engine: CONT C65*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 452 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW07LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA170) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070720015219A

## Narrative

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

(-23) AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE 07/20/07, IT WAS LOCATED 07/25/07. THE AIRCRAFT WAS LOCATED APPROXIMATELY ONE MILE SOUTH OF OKLAHOMA STATE HIGHWAY 50 ON RICH MOUNTAIN. THE WRECKAGE WAS CONFINED TO A SMALL AREA EAST OF A DIRT ROAD IN A HEAVILY WOODED WILDERNESS AREA. THE AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETE WITH ALL CONTROL SURFACES IN PLACE. THE AIRCRAFT STRUCK THE TOP OF A TALL PINE TREE AND CAME TO REST RIGHT SIDE UP AT THE BASE OF THE TREE. AIRCRAFT WAS COMPLETELY DESTROYED, THE ENGINE ROTATED FREELY WITH MOVEMENT OF THE PROPELLER.

## 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 DFW07LA170](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW07LA170), Jul 20, 2007: Hazen Fly Baby (N6156Y), Page, OK, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The airplane's collision with wooded and mountainous terrain for undetermined reasons.

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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