# Accident 19790610021219A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1, Roanoke, TX, June 10, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 10, 1979, 17:10 local time
- Place: Roanoke, TX
- Airport: Aero Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.0498° N, 97.2322° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at AERO VALLEY (52F), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.0498&lon=-97.2322&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10SC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10SC-2009-06-25) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Price PITTS SPECIAL S-1 (registry code 7220754, https://openairdocs.org/model/price-pitts-special-s-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming O&VO-360 series (registry code 41514, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-o-vo-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,224 total, 146 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79DPD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPD22) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790610021219A

## Narrative

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

ELEVATOR CONTROL JAMMED FULL FORWARD DURING ACROBATIC FLT. PILOT BAILED OUT. FOUND BROKEN ELEVATOR TORQUE TUBE.

## 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 FTW79DPD22](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79DPD22), Jun 10, 1979: Pitts S-1 (N10SC), Roanoke, TX, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.