# Accident 19790906027189A: Amtros OSPREY2, Medina, OH, September 6, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 6, 1979, 13:55 local time
- Place: Medina, OH
- Airport: Freedom
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1346° N, 81.8695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medina, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1346&lon=-81.8695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N96JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N96JR-2013-05-23) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rabbe Jon C OSPREY 2 (registry code 9570555, https://openairdocs.org/model/rabbe-jon-c-osprey-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTROS OSPREY2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 14,000 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI79FEI41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEI41) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19790906027189A

## Narrative

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

FIRST FLIGHT OF HOMEBUILT AIRCRAFT. PILOT TOOK OFF, THEN MADE A GRADUAL DESCENT TO GROUND.

## 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 CHI79FEI41](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI79FEI41), Sep 6, 1979: Osprey 2 (N96JR), Medina, OH, 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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