# Accident 19780909033519A: Amtr 13025, Tempe, AZ, September 9, 1978

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 9, 1978
- Place: Tempe, AZ
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Location: 33.4148° N, 111.9093° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tempe, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4148&lon=-111.9093&mi=10
- Aircraft: N31222 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR 13025
- Reported engine: AMTR
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 950 total, 950 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX78FUK04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUK04) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780909033519A

## Narrative

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

MANDATORY COMPLIANCE BUL SENT AFT ACCD.

## 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 LAX78FUK04](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX78FUK04), Sep 9, 1978: Scorpion 133 (N31222), Tempe, AZ, destroyed

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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