# Accident 19800503011549A: Ryan ST3KR, Scottsdale, AZ, May 3, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 3, 1980, 16:31 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N60155, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N60155-1981-05-07) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Ryan Aeronautical ST3KR (registry code 7830502, https://openairdocs.org/model/ryan-aeronautical-st3kr) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: RYAN ST3KR
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 277 total, 27 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUJ53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUJ53) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800503011549A

## Narrative

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

AIRCRAFT CRASHED AND BURNED. REASON UNKNOWN. PILOT WAS OBSERVED DOING WING-OVERS JUST BEFORE CRASH.

## 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 LAX80FUJ53](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUJ53), May 3, 1980: Ryan ST-3KR (N60155), Scottsdale, AZ, 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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