# Accident 19800924042599A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL, Dumas, AR, September 24, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 24, 1980, 16:00 local time
- Place: Dumas, AR
- Airport: Dumas
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.8834° N, 91.4856° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Dumas, AR, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.8834&lon=-91.4856&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1871, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1871-2015-05-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Strode-Pitts 66 (registry code 72202ZG, https://openairdocs.org/model/strode-pitts-66) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECIAL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,904 total, 50 in this make and model, 22 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW80DPG69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPG69) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800924042599A

## Narrative

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

LEFT LANDING GEAR TUBING BROKE ON LANDING ROLL. AIRPLANE WENT OFF RUNWAY AND OVERTURNED.

## 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 FTW80DPG69](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW80DPG69), Sep 24, 1980: Pitts S-1 (N1871), Dumas, AR, 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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