# N83AM: 1983 Jack Thomas PITTS S-1T, registration cancelled 2014-12-03

- Type: Cancelled registration (FAA registry, deregistered aircraft)
- Cancelled: December 3, 2014
- Status when cancelled: Registration expired, pending cancellation
- Airframe: [Jack Thomas PITTS S-1T](https://openairdocs.org/model/jack-thomas-pitts-s-1t) (registry code 72206AT)
- Engine: [Lycoming AEIO-360 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (registry code 41522)
- Data sheets: [TCDS 1E10](https://openairdocs.org/tcds/1E10) (OpenAirDocs)
- Serial number: T-020TJ
- Year built: 1983
- Type of aircraft: Fixed wing single engine
- Engine type: Reciprocating
- Airworthiness: Experimental, amateur built
- Airworthiness date: August 14, 1989
- Certificate issued: February 23, 1990
- Last registry action: May 8, 1993
- Mode S code: AB560D
- Owner when cancelled: [D M Car Co Inc](https://openairdocs.org/faa-owner/D%20M%20CAR%20CO%20INC)
- Location: [Buffalo Grove, IL](https://openairdocs.org/faa-place/IL/Buffalo%20Grove)
- Owner type: Corporation
- Owner's area on the map: 42.1682° N, 87.9628° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at the center of ZIP code 60089, within about 2 miles (OpenAirDocs). The owner's mailing address, not where the aircraft was based
- The mark today: https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N83AM
- FAA registry: https://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=83AM
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83AM-2014-12-03

From the FAA registry file of October 28, 2026, cancelled registrations. Owners' street addresses are left out. The Mode S code belongs to the N-number, not the airframe.

ADs and bulletins for the Jack Thomas PITTS S-1T: https://openairdocs.org/model/jack-thomas-pitts-s-1t.md

## NTSB investigations (1)

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.

- [NTSB CHI91DEP08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI91DEP08), Jun 16, 1991: Jack Thomas Pitts S-IT (N83AM), Kenosha, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal. Probable cause: IMPROPER MAINTENANCE, BY PERSON OR PERSONS UNKNOWN, TO THE ELEVATOR CONTROL SYSTEM WHICH ALLOWED A BOLT ATTACHING THE ELEVATOR CONTROL ROD TO THE PITCH BELLCRANK TO BECOME DISCONNECTED DURING FLIGHT.

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [Accident 19910616021879A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19910616021879A), Jun 16, 1991: Amtr PITTSS1T (N83AM), Kenosha, WI, Destroyed, 1 fatal. Crashed during acrobatic maneuvers. Bolt missing from pitch control linkage. Trim tab was full down.

## Other aircraft with N83AM

- [Cancelled (date not recorded)](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N83AM-undated): Miller Jay Verne SPRATT CONTROL WING, S/N SM224279. Triennial form not returned

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