# Accident 19790605010709A: Amtrsa STITSSA6B, Wichita, KS, June 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 5, 1979, 12:20 local time
- Place: Wichita, KS
- Airport: Riverside
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.7481° N, 97.4067° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Riverside Airport (K32), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.7481&lon=-97.4067&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3JD (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSA STITSSA6B
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 300 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC79FCQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCQ27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790605010709A

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE WAS OBSERVED SPINNING TO THE GROUND ON BASE LEG. NO DEFECTS FOUND IN AIRPLANE OR PILOT.

## 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 MKC79FCQ27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC79FCQ27), Jun 5, 1979: Stitts JD1 (N3JD), Wichita, KS, 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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