# Accident 19800713025749A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL, Wyocena, WI, July 13, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 13, 1980, 20:00 local time
- Place: Wyocena, WI
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.4932° N, 89.3018° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Wyocena, WI, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.4932&lon=-89.3018&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2761, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N2761-2012-09-21) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Woolaway Pitts S-1C (registry code 722021D, https://openairdocs.org/model/woolaway-pitts-s-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECIAL
- Reported engine: LYC O290D2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 604 total, 6 in this make and model, 219 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEP40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEP40) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800713025749A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE DID NOT RESPOND ON POWER APPLICATION APPROACHING AIRPORT. LANDED ON ROAD, HIT ROAD SIGN AND DITCH.

## 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 CHI80FEP40](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEP40), Jul 13, 1980: Pitts S-1C (N2761), Wyocena, WI, substantial damage

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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