# Accident 19791012032769A: Amtrpd PDQ2, Lyons, KS, October 12, 1979

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 12, 1979, 17:30 local time
- Place: Lyons, KS
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.3461° N, 98.2047° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lyons, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.3461&lon=-98.2047&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1053E, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1053E-1982-11-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mcmullen Eugene L PDQ-2 AIRYPLANE (registry code 05653C7, https://openairdocs.org/model/mcmullen-eugene-l-pdq-2-airyplane) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPD PDQ2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 180 total, 0 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC80FCQ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCQ02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19791012032769A

## Narrative

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

PILOT'S FIRST FLIGHT IN THIS TYPE AIRCRAFT. PILOT PANICKED AND LANDED IN PLOWED FIELD. NO MALFUNCTION OF AIRCRAFT

## 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 MKC80FCQ02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC80FCQ02), Oct 12, 1979: Airyplane PDQ (N1053E), Lyons, KS, substantial damage

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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