# Accident 19800801033339A: Boeing PT17, Sacramento, CA, August 1, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 1, 1980, 15:00 local time
- Place: Sacramento, CA
- Airport: Executive
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.5816° N, 121.4944° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Sacramento, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.5816&lon=-121.4944&mi=10
- Aircraft: N747JR, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N747JR-2012-06-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Boeing A75N1(PT17) (registry code 1380134, https://openairdocs.org/model/boeing-a75n1-pt17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental W670 series (registry code 17018, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-w670-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BOEING PT17
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 130 in this make and model, 6 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80DVG63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVG63) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800801033339A

## Narrative

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

GROUND-LOOPED ON LANDING TAIL WHEEL TYPE AIRCRAFT IN A CROSSWIND.

## 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 LAX80DVG63](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80DVG63), Aug 1, 1980: Boeing A75N1 (N747JR), Sacramento, CA, substantial damage

## Other reports on N747JR (2)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19890706020169A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890706020169A), Jul 6, 1989: Boeing A75N1 (N747JR), Sacramento, CA, Substantial damage. Engine quit on initial climbout. Struck a hangar returning to land. Cloth tape used patch airduct blocked same.
- [Accident 19880511014029A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880511014029A), May 11, 1988: Boeing A75N1 (N747JR), Sacramento, CA, Substantial damage. Dropped to runway on high level off. Lost directional control. Veered off runway and nosed down.

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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