# Accident 19800830041969A: Amtrai SCAMP, Phoenix, AZ, August 30, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1980, 08:05 local time
- Place: Phoenix, AZ
- Airport: Pleasant Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.4484° N, 112.0740° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Phoenix, AZ, within about 13 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.4484&lon=-112.0740&mi=10
- Aircraft: N37690 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRAI SCAMP
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,516 total, 0 in this make and model, 1 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX80FUJ98](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUJ98) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800830041969A

## Narrative

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

LOST ALTITUDE AFTER TAKEOFF CLIMB TO 100 FEET. CRASHED. POSSIBLE LOSS OF CONTROL AFTER PROPELLER CAME LOOSE.

## 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 LAX80FUJ98](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FUJ98), Aug 30, 1980: Scamp Turben (N37690), Phoenix, AZ, 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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