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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrpt Pittsspecial · Artesia, NM · May 5, 1979

Date
May 5, 1979 · 14:37 local
Place
Artesia, NM
Airport
Artesia
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N54F
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN79FQD06
Reported as
Amtrpt Pittsspecial
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,600 total0 in this make and model0 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft struck power pole during pull out from a low level loop.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT STRUCK POWER POLE DURING PULL OUT FROM A LOW LEVEL LOOP.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.