# Accident 19790804022479A: Amtr TERN2, Littlefield, TX, August 4, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 4, 1979, 15:15 local time
- Place: Littlefield, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.9192° N, 102.3348° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Littlefield, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.9192&lon=-102.3348&mi=10
- Aircraft: N47775, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N47775-1980-08-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Day-Schlimmer-Shaw MILLER-TERN (registry code 0562802, https://openairdocs.org/model/day-schlimmer-shaw-miller-tern) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TERN2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17 total, 1 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FQG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQG52) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790804022479A

## Narrative

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

STUDENT GLIDER PILOT GOT OUT OF POSITION ON TOW. RELEASED FROM TOW PLANE. DRAGGED WING TIP. CARTWHEELED.

## 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 FTW79FQG52](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQG52), Aug 4, 1979: Tern II (N47775), Littlefield, 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.

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