# Accident 19800621022269A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS2S, Alabaster, AL, June 21, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 21, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Alabaster, AL
- Airport: Shelby Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.1778° N, 86.7832° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at SHELBY COUNTY (EET), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.1778&lon=-86.7832&mi=10
- Aircraft: N555JG, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N555JG-1981-02-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerotek PITTS S-2A (registry code 0110201, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS2S
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 3,458 total, 86 in this make and model, 64 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL80FKJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKJ13) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800621022269A

## Narrative

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

HAMMERHEAD STALL AND SPIN AT AIR SHOW. FAILED TO ALLOW ROOM FOR RECOVERY.

## 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 ATL80FKJ13](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL80FKJ13), Jun 21, 1980: Pitts S-2S (N555JG), Alabaster, AL, 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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