# Accident 19800325006969A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS2S, Frazier Park, CA, March 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 1980, 14:35 local time
- Place: Frazier Park, CA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.8142° N, 118.9550° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frazier Park, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8142&lon=-118.9550&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7JY, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7JY-2014-11-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Young James R PITTS SPECIAL S1X (registry code 7221302, https://openairdocs.org/model/young-james-r-pitts-special-s1x) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-540 series (registry code 41532, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS2S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 613 total, 163 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FVA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVA27) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800325006969A

## Narrative

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

FLEW INTO AREA OF LOW CEILING & SNOW-SHOWERS IN MOUNTAIN TERRAIN. AIRPLANE STALLED IN A LOW ALTITUDE TURN.

## 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 LAX80FVA27](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVA27), Mar 25, 1980: Pitts 6-260 (N7JY), Frazier Park, CA, substantial damage, 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.

---
OpenAirDocs.org is an independent research project of [Contrail Labs](https://contraillabs.com/). It is not affiliated with the FAA or the NTSB. Source documents are U.S. government works in the public domain.