# Frey FLY BABY

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 05601K5
- Manufacturer (registry): FREY
- Model: FLY BABY
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 1
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Cruise speed: 85 mph
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/frey-fly-baby

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

Matched to this model by model name and maker. Each AD's applicability may narrow it by serial number, part number or equipment.

None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 CEN09LA330](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CEN09LA330), May 31, 2009: Frey FLY Baby (N59357), Keller, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power due to an obstruction of the air intake, as reported by the pilot. Contributing to the accident was the pilot's insufficient preflight inspection.

## FAA accident and incident reports (2)

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.

- [Accident 20090531009179A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20090531009179A), May 31, 2009: Amtr FLYBABY (N59357), Roanoke, TX, Destroyed. (-23) On 05/31/2009 at 1700 a amateur built, fly baby owned and operated by [privacy data omitted], crashed shortly after takeoff in an open field during a 91…
- [Incident 19780907018489I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780907018489I), Sep 7, 1978: Amtrbw FLYBABY1 (N59357), Palmyra, PA, Minor damage. Amateur built aircraft landed short of runway on first flight.

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Trom Ronald FLY BABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/trom-ronald-fly-baby): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05606R2
- [Roberts FLY BABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/roberts-fly-baby): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0562304
- [Martin FLY BABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/martin-fly-baby): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0562604
- [Dalton FLY BABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/dalton-fly-baby): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 0562699
- [Willson Richard F FLY BABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/willson-richard-f-fly-baby): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05628VO
- [Kottemann Patrick A FLYBABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/kottemann-patrick-a-flybaby): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 05632O4
- [Lawrence D Faes FLY BABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/lawrence-d-faes-fly-baby): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056333T
- [George Welsh FLY BABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/george-welsh-fly-baby): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056358N
- [John P Pike FLY BABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/john-p-pike-fly-baby): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 056373V
- [Smokovitz FLYBABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/smokovitz-flybaby): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 1410120
- [Berg FLY BABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/berg-fly-baby): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 1410163
- [Russell FLY BABY](https://openairdocs.org/model/russell-fly-baby): 1 registered aircraft, registry code 1410164

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