# Incident 19780330011579I: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL, Cahokia, IL, March 30, 1978

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 30, 1978, 14:30 local time
- Place: Cahokia, IL
- Airport: Bistate Parks
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5709° N, 90.1901° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Cahokia, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5709&lon=-90.1901&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751BF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N751BF-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Foster PITTS SPECIAL S-1S (registry code 7220611, https://openairdocs.org/model/foster-pitts-special-s-1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECIAL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,000 total, 45 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780330011579I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST DIRECTIONAL CONTROL AFTER LANDING.

## Other reports on N751BF (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19790814033169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790814033169A), Aug 14, 1979: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1 (N751BF), Camp Douglas, WI, Destroyed. Put aircraft into vertical climb after takeoff. Rolled inverted. Acft stalled. Inverted spin to ground impact.

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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