Butler BOWERS FLY BABY 1A N197DE

Summary

On 3 July 2003 at about 16:30 local time, a Butler BOWERS FLY BABY 1A registered N197DE was involved in an accident near Lincoln, Alabama, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 July 2003 at 16:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Lincoln, Alabama, United States

Coordinates

33.6128, -86.1178

Aircraft

Butler BOWERS FLY BABY 1A

Registration

N197DE

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Talladega → Unknown

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

ATL03LA116

1 person died.

The pilot's failure to maintain airspeed while maneuvering resulting in a stall.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

Read the full NTSB narrative

The airplane was observed by a witness flying over a tree line. The nose of the airplane was observed to pitch up to about a 70-degree nose high attitude. The left wing dropped down and the nose pitched down as if the airplane was in a stall and collided with the ground. Examination of the airframe, flight controls and engine assembly revealed no anomalies. The left wing was compressed aft and received accordion crushing from the wing root extending outboard to the wing tip. The Fly Baby 1A Ultra light plans revealed that the stall speed for the Bowers Fly Baby 1A airplane is 45 mph.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.