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NTSB CAROL · Event

Event CHI83FA125

1983-03-01 HARVARD, Illinois, United States Fatal 1 aircraft Status: Completed

Registry · N11D

FAA Aircraft Registry record.

Make / Model

OWLSHEAD TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM ETRICH TAUBE

Engine

FAIRCHILD 6-440 SERIES (200 hp)

Seats / Engines

2 seats · 1 engine

Last airworthiness date

19900313

ADS-B equipped

Yes — Mode-S A02A25

Registrant of record

OWLS HEAD TRANSPORTATION MUSEUM

Source: FAA Aircraft Registry (releasable master file).

Aircraft involved

Factual narrative

THE ACFT CRASHED INTO AN OPEN FIELD LEAVING NO GROUND SCARS OTHER THAN THE PRINCIPAL IMPACT. ONE WITNESS SAW THE ACFT STALL AT THE TOP OF A LOOP AND GO INTO A SPIN (TAIL-DOWN). HE STATED THE ACFT ROTATED 6-8 TIMES PRIOR TO IMPACT WITH THE ENGINE RUNNING. THE ACFT OWNER STATED THAT 'IF THE PLANE GOES INTO A VERY FLAT SPIN INVERTED, THE ONLY WAY OUT IS TOCUT THE POWER.' Source: NTSB Aviation Accident Database (Pre-2008 Archive) Retrieved: 2026-02-12

Verbatim from NTSB's published report. Source file NTSB_1983_CHI83FA125.txt. Findings + structured fields enriched from FAA avall.mdb. Full investigation docket on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

Related research

What the literature says.

Academic papers and agency reports matching this event's aircraft type or causal vocabulary (stall). Sourced from NASA NTRS, NTSB Safety Studies, FAA CAMI, AOPA Air Safety Institute, Embry-Riddle Scholarly Commons, arXiv, and the Semantic Scholar academic graph.

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