# NTSB NYC86LA136: Fly Baby 1-A, N4762, Mt. Pleasant, PA, May 26, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: May 26, 1986, 14:20 local (18:20 UTC)
- Place: Mt. Pleasant, PA
- Coordinates: 40.150745, -79.540336 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.1507&lon=-79.5403&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Initial climb](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/350) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report April 25, 1988
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30344
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=NYC86LA136
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30344/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC86LA136

## Sequence of events

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

- Loss of engine power, takeoff - initial climb
  - reason for occurrence undetermined (cause)
- Forced landing, descent - emergency
- Hard landing, landing - flare/touchdown
  - terrain condition - uphill (cause)

## Analysis

ON SECOND TAKEOFF, AN ABRUPT LOSS OF POWER WAS EXPERIENCED. ON FLARE FOR THE EMERGENCY, OFF AIRPORT LANDING, THE AIRCRAFT LANDED HARD ON RISING TERRAIN, BOUNCED AND CAME TO REST INVERTED.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N4762](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N4762-1990-07-26), registration cancelled 1990-07-26, S/N 6935 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: FLY BABY 1-A
- Registry model: [Fly Baby 1-A](https://openairdocs.org/model/fly-baby-1-a) (registry code 141210P) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 69-35
- Airframe hours: 705
- Engines: CONTINENTAL A65-8F 65 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Harold E. Matteson
- Airworthiness certificate: Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection: Annual, September 13, 1985
- Airport: 607, Mt. Pleasant Scottdale, runway 24, 2,000 × 160 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 60; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--w/ waivers/lim; seat: center; flight hours: 992 total, 705 in this make and model, 944 as pilot in command, 16 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 140° at 12 knots
- Visibility: 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: none
- Temperature: 75 °F, dew point -0 °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 19860526019559A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860526019559A), May 26, 1986: Amtrbw FLYBABY1, Mount Pleasant, PA, Substantial damage. Reported engine quit on climbout. Impacted rising terrain. Bounced and nosed over. No engine problem found.

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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