- Date
- September 13, 1990, 14:25 local (18:25 UTC)
- Place
- Cheboygan, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Unknown
- Aircraft
- N1175BComben Bowers Flybaby IA
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 2, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900913039659A
- Case key
- 14473
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Probable cause
Undetermined.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The homebuilt airplane collided with the terrain in a wooded area. The wreckage had been removed and transported to an unknown location. Photographs indicate that the airplane impacted the ground in a steep nose-down attitude. The pilot's last flight physical was more than 11 years ago. No autopsy.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1175B
- Reported as
- Comben Bowers Flybaby IA (BOWERS FLY)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 72-1
- Engine
- Continental 65-8, 65 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- C.A. Rayon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- AAIP · September 5, 1990 · 1 hours before
- Departed
- Y30
- Airport
- Y30 · Pbeaaye
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 69
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Expired
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.