# Accident 19790805027912A: Amtrrl BREEZYRLU1, Grand Haven, MI, August 5, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 5, 1979, 18:50 local time
- Place: Grand Haven, MI
- Damage: Minor damage
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: Formation Flying
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.0550° N, 86.2193° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Grand Haven, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.0550&lon=-86.2193&mi=10
- Aircraft: N219TC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N219TC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Feiock/Green/Cocanour BREEZY (registry code 0561101, https://openairdocs.org/model/feiock-green-cocanour-breezy) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-235 series (registry code 41505, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-235-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRL BREEZYRLU1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 453 total, 27 in this make and model, 26 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEM33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEM33) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790805027912A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS STRUCK BY PHOTO ACFT DURING FORMATION FLIGHT FOR PURPOSE OF PHOTOGRAPHING A PARACHUTE JUMP FROM SAID ACFT.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N7421H, Piper J3C65: [Accident 19790805027911A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790805027911A)

## 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 CHI79FEM33](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEM33), Aug 5, 1979: Breezy FGC100 (N219TC), Grand Haven, MI, minor damage, 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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