# Accident 19790825022909A: Amtrdv DAVISDA5A, Midland, TX, August 25, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 25, 1979, 12:45 local time
- Place: Midland, TX
- Airport: Airpark
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.9973° N, 102.0779° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Midland, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.9973&lon=-102.0779&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7022T, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7022T-2014-12-02) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Lutker-Dittmer-Sturm DAVIS DA-5A (registry code 0560897, https://openairdocs.org/model/lutker-dittmer-sturm-davis-da-5a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C75 series (registry code 17005, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c75-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRDV DAVISDA5A
- Reported engine: CONT A75*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 510 total, 0 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW79FQG57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQG57) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790825022909A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT HAD BEEN OPERATED 30 MINUNTES ON GROUND TAXI TESTS PRIOR TO FLIGHT. ENGINE OVERHEATED, FROZE UP.

## 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 FTW79FQG57](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW79FQG57), Aug 25, 1979: Davis DA-5A (N7022T), Midland, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.