# Accident 19800815038879A: Amtrpt PITTSPECS1C, Fond Du Lac, WI, August 15, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 15, 1980, 09:30 local time
- Place: Fond Du Lac, WI
- Airport: Fond Du Lac Co
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.7712° N, 88.4884° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at FOND DU LAC COUNTY (FLD), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.7712&lon=-88.4884&mi=10
- Aircraft: N2271, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N2271) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Hegy Pitts Special S-1C (registry code 72202DA, https://openairdocs.org/model/hegy-pitts-special-s-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSPECS1C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 459 total, 30 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI80FEP51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEP51) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800815038879A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL OF ACROBATIC AIRPLANE ON INITIAL CLIMB FROM TAKEOFF. CAUSE UNKNOWN. NO AIRPLANE MALFUNCTIONS.

## 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 CHI80FEP51](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI80FEP51), Aug 15, 1980: Pitts S-1C (N2271), Fond Du Lac, 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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