# Accident 19790715017039A: Amtrtn SPORTAIRE2, Elk Rapids, MI, July 15, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 15, 1979, 13:07 local time
- Place: Elk Rapids, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.8980° N, 85.4045° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Elk Rapids, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.8980&lon=-85.4045&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6171U, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N6171U-1980-09-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith Sport Aire M - 1 (registry code 056011K, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-sport-aire-m-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTN SPORTAIRE2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 488 total, 25 in this make and model, 240 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEM29) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790715017039A

## Narrative

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

PILOT ENGAGED IN BUZZING AND AEROBATICS. AIRCRAFT STALLED AND SPUN INTO THE GROUND.

## 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 CHI79FEM29](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEM29), Jul 15, 1979: Smith Sport Aire (N6171U), Elk Rapids, MI, destroyed, 2 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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