# Accident 20080804841669A: Amtr DRAGONFLY, Big Spring, TX, August 4, 2008

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 2008, 16:45 local time
- Place: Big Spring, TX
- Airport: Big Spring Mc Mahon-Wrinkle
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.2125° N, 101.5250° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2125&lon=-101.5250&mi=10
- Aircraft: N793TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N793TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Colorado Aerosports DRAGONFLY (registry code 05904F0, https://openairdocs.org/model/colorado-aerosports-dragonfly) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Rotax 583 (registry code 55577, https://openairdocs.org/engine/rotax-583) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR DRAGONFLY
- Reported engine: ROTAX ROTAX582
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 630 total, 39 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DFW08CA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20080804841669A

## Narrative

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

(-23)ON AUGUST 4, 2008, AT APPROXIMATELY 1635 CDT, THE PILOT OF N793TW, A DRAGONFLY EXPERIMENTAL AIRCRAFT, ATTEMPTED A SHORT APPROACH OVER THE FIELD AT BIG SPRING MCMAHON-WRINKLE AIRPORT (BPG) TO LAND ON TAXIWAY B (BRAVO) USED AS RUNWAY 17R, AND SUBSEQUENTLY LOST CONTROL, SPUN LEFT HITTING A FENCE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE RUNWAY, AND CRASHED.  THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE.  THE PILOT, THE SOLE OCCUPANT, RECEIVED SERIOUS INJURIES.  VMC CONDITIONS PREVAILED AND NO FLGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE 14 CFT PART 91 LOCAL FLIGHT.

## 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 DFW08CA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DFW08CA203), Aug 4, 2008: Collard Dragonfly (N793TW), Big Sping, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: Loss of aircraft control due to inadvertent penetration of a dust devil.

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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