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Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtr Moncrai · Tucson, AZ · June 28, 1980

Date
June 28, 1980 · 15:45 local
Place
Tucson, AZ
Airport
Ryan
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N9052Q
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX80DUJ77
Reported as
Amtr Moncrai
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,063 total0 in this make and model11 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Dust devil caught sailplane on tow takeoff. Rolled over, split s out. Hit runway at high sink rate.

As the FAA filed it

DUST DEVIL CAUGHT SAILPLANE ON TOW TAKEOFF. ROLLED OVER, SPLIT S OUT. HIT RUNWAY AT HIGH SINK RATE.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.