# Accident 20120304004829A: Bowers Fly Baby 1-A, Fallbrook, CA, March 4, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 4, 2012, 08:52 local time
- Place: Fallbrook, CA
- Airport: Fallbrook Community Airpark
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Departure Roll
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.3542° N, 117.2508° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3542&lon=-117.2508&mi=10
- Aircraft: N41017, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N41017-2018-01-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bowers Fly Baby 1-A (registry code 14121LB, https://openairdocs.org/model/bowers-fly-baby-1-a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOWERS FLY BABY 1-A
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR A-65-8
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 161 total, 8 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB WPR12LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA122) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120304004829A

## Narrative

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

ON MARCH 4, 2012, AT 0852 PACIFIC STANDARD TIME, A BOWERS FLY BABY 1-A, N41017, VEERED OFF RUNWAY 18 AND COLLIDED WITH A HANGAR AT FALLBROOK COMMUNITY AIRPARK, FALLBROOK, CALIFORNIA. THE PILOT OPERATED THE AIRPLANE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF TITLE 14 CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS, PART 91. THE PRIVATE PILOT WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED, AND THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN HAD BEEN FILED.NO WITNESSES OBSERVED THE ACCIDENT. THE AIRPLANE HAD VEERED OFF THE RUNWAY AND COLLIDED WITH THE HANGAR DOORS OF THE T-HANGAR. THE AIRPLANE IMPACTED NOSE FIRST, AND THE AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST ON THE GROUND WITH THE WING LANDING WIRES HOOKED ON THE HANGAR BEAM STRUCTURE. THE RIGHT WING FOLDED UP AND THE TAIL SECTION BROKE OFF FROM THE FUSELAGE. THE MAIN HANGAR DOOR DAMAGED THE LEFT WING LEADING EDGE OF A PARKED HANGAR AIRCRAFT. THE ENGINE BROKE OFF FROM THE AIRCRAFT AND IMPACT DAMAGED THE LEFT STABILIZER LEADING EDGE OF A PARKED HANGAR AIRCRAFT. THE PILOT WAS LIFE FLIGHTED TO A HOSPITAL.THE LEFT LOWER WING OF THE ACCIDENT AIRCRAFT SHOWED EVIDENCE OF IMPACT DAMAGE BY THE LEFT ELEVATED RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT ASSEMBLY.

## 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 WPR12LA122](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR12LA122), Mar 4, 2012: Bowers Fly Baby 1-A (N41017), Fallbrook, CA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot did not maintain directional control of the airplane during the takeoff roll.

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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