# NTSB CHI86FEC06: Lawrence Baby Great Lakes, N1BL, Holly, MI, September 1, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Final report
- Date: September 1, 1986, 12:53 local (16:53 UTC)
- Place: Holly, MI
- Coordinates: 42.789978, -83.619209 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.7900&lon=-83.6192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13284
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86FEC06
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13284/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86FEC06

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, maneuvering
  - low pass - performed
  - climb - initiated
  - airspeed - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - stall/spin - inadvertent, pilot in command (cause)
  - lack of total experience in type of aircraft, pilot in command (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, descent - uncontrolled

## Analysis

THE PLT/OWNER HAD RECENTLY ACQUIRED THE ACFT & HAD ONLY ABOUT 3 HRS OF FLT TIME IN THIS MAKE & MODEL. AFTER TAKING OFF, HE FLEW TO THE AREA OF A FRIEND'S HOUSE & MADE SVRL PASSES OVER A FIELD NEAR THE HOUSE. AFTER THE LAST PASS, THE PLT TURNED TO AN EASTERLY HEADING & BEGAN A STEEP CLIMB. WITNESSES RPRTD THAT AT THE TOP OF THE CLIMB, THE ACFT STALLED, ENTERED A SPIN & CRASHED. NO PREIMPACT PART FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION WAS FOUND DURING AN EXAM OF THE ACFT.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1BL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: LAWRENCE BABY GREAT LAKES (BABY GREAT)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 364 B
- Airframe hours: 2287
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A-75 75 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Fredrick W. Heidt
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, April 2, 1986, 13 hours before
- Departed: 9G2, LINDEN, MI
- Destination: 9G2

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 46; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; toxicology performed; flight hours: 384 total, 3 in this make and model, 348 as pilot in command, 19 in the last 90 days, 14 in the last 30 days, 5 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: variable at 2 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860901043079A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860901043079A), Sep 1, 1986: Amtrof BABYLAKES, Holly, MI, Substantial damage. Failed to maintain airspeed or recover from low altitude spin. Pilot had very little experience in the plane.

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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