# Accident 19790728025989A: Dhavxx DH82AROBRTSN, Pittsfield, ME, July 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 28, 1979, 17:00 local time
- Place: Pittsfield, ME
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 44.7633° N, 69.3727° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Pittsfield, ME, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=44.7633&lon=-69.3727&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8872, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8872-2018-03-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82A (registry code 2801002, https://openairdocs.org/model/dehavilland-tiger-moth-dh-82a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Dehav ENG GIPSY MAJOR (registry code 20004, https://openairdocs.org/engine/dehav-eng-gipsy-major) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: DHAVXX DH82AROBRTSN
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,870 total, 42 in this make and model, 25 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC79DNC40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DNC40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790728025989A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF GAS SIGHTSEEING. FLIPPED OVER ON EMER. LNDG. FAILED TO VISUALLY CK FUEL PRIOR TO DEPARTURE.

## 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 NYC79DNC40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC79DNC40), Jul 28, 1979: Dehavilland DH82A (N8872), Pittsfield, ME, substantial damage

## Other reports on N8872 (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20110723014859A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20110723014859A), Jul 23, 2011: Dehavilland TIGER MOTH DH 82A (N8872), Rockland, ME, Substantial damage. Pilot statement: hot day approach to landing, aircraft settled very quickly and drifted off runway. Landing gear caught grass on side of runway, aircraft…
- [Accident 20000526039449A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000526039449A), May 26, 2000: Dhavxx DH82AROBRTSN (N8872), Pittsfield, ME, Substantial damage. (4) On may 26, 2000, about 1035 eastern daylight time, a de havilland DH-82A "tiger moth," N8872, was substantially damaged while landing at the Pittsfield…

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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