# Accident 19790505012949A: Amtrtr TURNERT40A, Abilene, TX, May 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 1979, 10:40 local time
- Place: Abilene, TX
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4487° N, 99.7331° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Abilene, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4487&lon=-99.7331&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15TB, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N15TB-1996-10-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Brookreson TURNER T-40A (registry code 0564918, https://openairdocs.org/model/brookreson-turner-t-40a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTR TURNERT40A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 426 total, 0 in this make and model, 90 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPD18) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790505012949A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF ACFT ON INITIAL CLIMB. STUDENT & INSTRUCTOR UNSKILLED IN ACFT.ZERO TIME.

## 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 FTW79DPD18](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPD18), May 5, 1979: Turner T-40A (N15TB), Abilene, TX, 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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