# Incident 19800202020549I: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL, Melbourne, FL, February 2, 1980

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 2, 1980, 08:51 local time
- Place: Melbourne, FL
- Airport: Regional
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0836° N, 80.6081° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Melbourne, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0836&lon=-80.6081&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3HD, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N3HD-1999-01-28) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Darley PITTS SPECIAL S-1C (registry code 7221102, https://openairdocs.org/model/darley-pitts-special-s-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECIAL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 10 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800202020549I

## Narrative

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

PILOT WAS PROPPING PLANE AFTER ENGINE HAD STOPPED ON TAXIWAY. SEVERE HEAD INJURY RESULTED.

## Other reports on N3HD (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19800213021179I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800213021179I), Feb 13, 1980: Amtrpt PITTSPECS1C (N3HD), Macon, GA, Minor damage. Pilot stated on landing he felt a shudder in tail wheel & then lost directional control. Ground-looped.

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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