# Accident 19790708026449A: Amtrpl AIRCAMPER, Mesa, AZ, July 8, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 8, 1979, 19:15 local time
- Place: Mesa, AZ
- Airport: Falcon
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4608° N, 111.7283° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FALCON FLD (FFZ), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4608&lon=-111.7283&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3586, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3586-1981-12-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nickerson-Pietenpol AIR CAMPER NFL (registry code 70401RC, https://openairdocs.org/model/nickerson-pietenpol-air-camper-nfl) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPL AIRCAMPER
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 465 total, 125 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX79FUJ92](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUJ92) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790708026449A

## Narrative

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

ELEVATOR PUSH-PULL ROD FAILED DUE TO METAL FATIGUE.

## 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 LAX79FUJ92](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX79FUJ92), Jul 8, 1979: Pietenpol Aircam (N3586), Mesa, AZ, 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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