# Accident 19760523022622A: Amtr 1970835, Sturgis, KY, May 23, 1976

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 23, 1976
- Place: Sturgis, KY
- Airport: Sturgis Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 37.5418° N, 87.9544° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at STURGIS MUNI (TWT), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.5418&lon=-87.9544&mi=10
- Aircraft: N253P (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 1970835
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,350 total, 75 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB IAD76AI074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI074) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760523022622A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

COLLISION DURING PYLON TURN IN AIR RACE.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N18PM, Amtr 19704X8: [Accident 19760523022621A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19760523022621A)

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (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 IAD76AI074](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/IAD76AI074), May 23, 1976: Cassutt Iiim (N253P), Sturgis, KY, destroyed, 2 fatal

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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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