# Accident 19790206026569A: Amtrpi AX3, WI, February 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 6, 1979, 15:20 local time
- Place: WI
- Damage: Damage unknown
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Aircraft: N51880, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N51880-2012-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Piccard AX-3 (registry code 7001213, https://openairdocs.org/model/piccard-ax-3) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: NONE (registry code 00000, https://openairdocs.org/engine/none) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPI AX3
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79DEP29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790206026569A

## Narrative

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

ACFT & PILOT MISSING. WHEN LAST SEEN THE BALLOON WAS TRAVELING NE OVER LAKE MICHIGAN.

## 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 CHI79DEP29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79DEP29), Feb 6, 1979: Piccard AX-3 (N51880), Missing Aircraft, 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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