# Accident 19790828021749A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL, Ft Myers, FL, August 28, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 28, 1979, 14:30 local time
- Place: Ft Myers, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6406° N, 81.8723° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Fort Myers, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6406&lon=-81.8723&mi=10
- Aircraft: N10Z, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N10Z-1979-10-01) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Tomlinson-Pitts Special S-1 (registry code 72202ZX, https://openairdocs.org/model/tomlinson-pitts-special-s-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECIAL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 543 total, 8 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA79DLD89](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLD89) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790828021749A

## Narrative

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

PILOT EXPERIENCED ENGINE PROBLEM & MADE EMERGENCY LANDING IN RIVER. AIRCRAFT SANK AND WAS NOT RECOVERED

## 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 MIA79DLD89](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA79DLD89), Aug 28, 1979: Pitts S-1-C (N10Z), Fort Myers, FL, 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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