# Accident 19770820028239A: Amtr 0563548, Speedway, IN, August 20, 1977

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 20, 1977
- Place: Speedway, IN
- Airport: Speedway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Location: 39.7994° N, 86.3563° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Speedway Airport, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.7994&lon=-86.3563&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65209 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 0563548
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 353 total, 1 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI77FEX43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEX43) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19770820028239A

## Narrative

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

INITIAL FLIGHT TEST OF AMATEUR BUILT ACFT.

## 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 CHI77FEX43](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI77FEX43), Aug 20, 1977: Evans VP-1 (N65209), Speedway, IN, substantial damage

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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