# NTSB CHI72DEE57: Bowers Baby, N6314, Plainfield, IL, February 12, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: February 12, 1972
- Place: Plainfield, IL · PLAINFIELD, IL
- Location: 41.6294° N, 88.2456° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Plainfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6294&lon=-88.2456&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Takeoff](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/300) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report September 29, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165181
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72DEE57
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72DEE57

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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3-0306  72/2/12    PLAINFIELD,ILL      BOWERS BABY         CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             COMMERCIAL, AGE 18, 251
        TIME - 1200                    N6314               PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - CLOW
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          PLAINFIELD,ILL              LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE                                 TAKEOFF: RUN
           STALL                                                    TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
           PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SNOW ON RUNWAY
           PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
        REMARKS- VEERED L,BECAME AIRBORNE IN 3 PT POS AND CLIMBED RAPIDLY TO STALL.1ST FLT IN TYPE,A SINGLE SEATER.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N6314](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6314-2012-09-20), registration cancelled 2012-09-20, S/N JFX-65-30, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOWERS BABY
- Registry model: [Fly Baby AMATEUR BUILT](https://openairdocs.org/model/fly-baby-amateur-built) (registry code 141210E) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-145B series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-145b-series) (registry code 41502, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Clow

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.

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