# Accident 20120108000499A: Bowers Fly Baby 1-A, Jefferson, GA, January 8, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 8, 2012, 11:30 local time
- Place: Jefferson, GA
- Airport: Jackson County
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.1722° N, 83.5569° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.1722&lon=-83.5569&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4626, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4626-2013-03-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bowers Fly Baby 1-A (registry code 14121LB, https://openairdocs.org/model/bowers-fly-baby-1-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C85 series (registry code 17008, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c85-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOWERS FLY BABY 1-A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A-65
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 2,082 total
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA12LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA141) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120108000499A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT N4626 AN EXPERIMENTAL AMATEUR BUILT "BOWERS FLY BABY" SERIAL NUMBER 71-28 CRASHED ON TAKE OFF AT AIRPORT 19A IN JACKSON GEORGIA.  WITNESSES PLACE THE AIRCRAFT FLYING THE PATTERN 30 MINUTES PRIOR TO THE ACCIDENT PRACTICING TOUCH AND GOES ON RUNWAY 35.  ONE WITNESS STATED THAT THE TAKE-OFF ROLL WAS LONGER THAN NORMAL AND NO MISS-FIRE OR ABNORMAL ENGINE NOISE WAS HEARD, IT WAS ALSO STATED THAT THE CLIMB OUT RATE WAS LESS THAN HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY OBSERVED.  AT APPROXIMATELY 150 TO 200 FEET OFF THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT STALLED AND ENTERED A RIGHT HAND SPIN SUBSEQUENTLY IMPACTING THE GRASS NEXT TO THE RUNWAY AFTER A ½ TURN.

## 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 ERA12LA141](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA12LA141), Jan 8, 2012: Bowers Fly Baby 1-A (N4626), Jefferson, GA, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: The pilot’s failure to maintain airplane control which resulted in an aerodynamic stall and spin. Also causal was the partial loss of engine power during the initial climb due to the improper…

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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