Lawrence BABY GREAT LAKES N1BL

Summary

On 1 September 1986 at about 16:53 local time, a Lawrence BABY GREAT LAKES registered N1BL was involved in an accident near Holly, Michigan, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

1 September 1986 at 16:53

Classification

Accident

Location

Holly, Michigan, United States

Coordinates

42.7900, -83.6192

Aircraft

Lawrence BABY GREAT LAKES

Registration

N1BL

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Linden → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Substantial

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

CHI86FEC06

1 person died.

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

Read the full NTSB narrative

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.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.