# Accident 19790814033169A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1, Camp Douglas, WI, August 14, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 14, 1979, 17:34 local time
- Place: Camp Douglas, WI
- Airport: Volk
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.9392° N, 90.2532° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at VOLK FLD (VOK), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.9392&lon=-90.2532&mi=10
- Aircraft: N751BF, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N751BF-2017-02-04) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Foster PITTS SPECIAL S-1S (registry code 7220611, https://openairdocs.org/model/foster-pitts-special-s-1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,266 total, 25 in this make and model, 15 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEP74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP74) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790814033169A

## Narrative

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

PUT AIRCRAFT INTO VERTICAL CLIMB AFTER TAKEOFF. ROLLED INVERTED. ACFT STALLED. INVERTED SPIN TO GROUND IMPACT.

## 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 CHI79FEP74](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEP74), Aug 14, 1979: Pitts Spcl S1S (N751BF), Camp Douglas, WI, destroyed, 1 fatal

## Other reports on N751BF (1)

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

- [Incident 19780330011579I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19780330011579I), Mar 30, 1978: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL (N751BF), Cahokia, IL, Minor damage. Pilot lost directional control after landing.

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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