# Accident 19790816028899A: Amtrsa STITSSA3A, Manchester, MI, August 16, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 16, 1979, 19:30 local time
- Place: Manchester, MI
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.1483° N, 84.0346° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Manchester, MI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.1483&lon=-84.0346&mi=10
- Aircraft: N19BC, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N19BC-1982-04-15) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Nieman-Barnard-Helkaa STITS PLAYBOY SA-3A (registry code 8650801, https://openairdocs.org/model/nieman-barnard-helkaa-stits-playboy-sa-3a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSA STITSSA3A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,356 total, 60 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEC44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEC44) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790816028899A

## Narrative

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

ACFT WAS OBSERVED ENGAGED IN ACROBATICS THEN DIVE VERTICALLY INTO GROUND. FOUND LOOSE FABRIC ON TOP OF UPPER WING.

## 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 CHI79FEC44](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEC44), Aug 16, 1979: Stitts SA-3A (N19BC), Manchester, MI, destroyed, 1 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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