# Accident 20120529008969A: Baldwin Earl BALDWIN SKYBOLT, Stuttgart, AR, May 29, 2012

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 29, 2012, 19:15 local time
- Place: Stuttgart, AR
- Airport: Early Ag Airstrip
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.5994° N, 91.5750° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.5994&lon=-91.5750&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24EB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N24EB-2017-09-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Baldwin Earl BALDWIN SKYBOLT (registry code 05655XM, https://openairdocs.org/model/baldwin-earl-baldwin-skybolt) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental E185 series (registry code 17014, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-e185-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BALDWIN EARL BALDWIN SKYBOLT
- Reported engine: CONT MOTOR E185 SERIES
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 7,200 total, 480 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CEN12LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA331) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20120529008969A

## Narrative

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

ON MAY 29, 2012 AT 1915 CDT A BALDWIN SKYBOLT REGISTERED TO ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ LANDED IN A FIELD SOUTH OF EARLY AG AIRSTRIP, STUTTGART, AR WHILE ON A PLEASURE FLIGHT. VISUAL METEOROLOGICAL CONDITIONS PREVAILED AT THE TIME AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED. THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED BY POST ACCIDENT FIRE AND THE PILOT RECEIVED MINOR INJURIES. THE PASSENGER WAS UNINJURED. THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED FROM EARLY AG AIRSTRIP, STUTTGART, AR.

## 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 CEN12LA331](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN12LA331), May 30, 2012: Baldwin Skybolt (N24EB), Stuttgart, AR, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inadequate preflight planning, which resulted in the airplane’s overweight takeoff from an airstrip with a high density altitude and subsequent collision with terrain.

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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