# Accident 19800526015659A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL, Oakland, TN, May 26, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1980, 19:30 local time
- Place: Oakland, TN
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 35.2261° N, 89.5382° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oakland, TN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.2261&lon=-89.5382&mi=10
- Aircraft: N99MS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N99MS-1983-05-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S (registry code 0110301, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-special-s-1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECIAL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,211 total, 25 in this make and model, 63 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FLT08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLT08) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800526015659A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL EN ROUTE. HIT DITCH SHORT OF EMERGENCY LANDING AREA, AFTER GLIDING UNDER A POWER LINE.

## 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 ATL80FLT08](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FLT08), May 26, 1980: Pitts S1A (N99MS), Oakland, TN, destroyed

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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