# NTSB MKC73DCD16: Bowers Fly Baby, N48ML, Osage, IA, August 12, 1972

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 12, 1972
- Place: Osage, IA · OSAGE, IA
- Location: 43.2827° N, 92.8113° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Osage, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2827&lon=-92.8113&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report February 21, 1973
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 163341
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MKC73DCD16
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC73DCD16

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3-2309  72/8/12    OSAGE,IOWA          BOWERS  FLY BABY    CR-  0  0  1  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 55, 179
        TIME - 1430                    N48ML               PX-  0  0  0  PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP  TOTAL HOURS, 18 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL  OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - OSAGE MUNICIPAL
        DEPARTURE POINT             INTENDED DESTINATION
          OSAGE,IOWA                  LOCAL
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           COLLIDED WITH: FENCE,FENCEPOSTS                          LANDING: FINAL APPROACH
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN
           PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
        FACTOR(S)
           AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER
        REMARKS- AIRPORT CLOSED.LDG IN TURF AREA SHORT OF RWY.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N48ML](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N48ML-2021-05-08), registration cancelled 2021-05-08, S/N CM-1, built 1971 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOWERS  FLY BABY
- Registry model: [Bowers Fly Baby 1-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/bowers-fly-baby-1-a) (registry code 14121LB) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Continental A&C75 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (registry code 17005, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Osage Municipal

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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