# Accident 19770405009299A: Amtrsa STITSSJ, Bisbee, AZ, April 5, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 5, 1977
- Place: Bisbee, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Location: 31.3980° N, 109.9318° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bisbee, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.3980&lon=-109.9318&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8157, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8157-1977-06-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lachance-Stits Playboy SA3A (registry code 86502B2, https://openairdocs.org/model/lachance-stits-playboy-sa3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSA STITSSJ
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 890 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX77FVJ43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FVJ43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770405009299A

## Narrative

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

LOW LEVEL ACROBATIC MANEUVER.

## 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 LAX77FVJ43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX77FVJ43), Apr 5, 1977: Stits SA-3A (N8157), Bisbee, AZ, destroyed, 1 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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