19791123033969A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrai Woodypusher · Rocky Ford, CO · November 23, 1979

Date
November 23, 1979 · 17:00 local
Place
Rocky Ford, CO
Airport
Melon
Phase of flight
In Traffic Pattern-Circling
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N8450
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN80FTE09
Reported as
Amtrai Woodypusher
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
115 total2 in this make and model69 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Witnesses saw aircraft enter a stall & spin to the ground while turning base for runway.

As the FAA filed it

WITNESSES SAW AIRCRAFT ENTER A STALL & SPIN TO THE GROUND WHILE TURNING BASE FOR RUNWAY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.