# Accident 19800927058749A: Amtros OSPREY2, Kingston, NY, September 27, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 27, 1980, 10:20 local time
- Place: Kingston, NY
- Airport: Ulster
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.9301° N, 73.9968° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kingston, NY, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.9301&lon=-73.9968&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8020H, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N8020H-1989-08-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Knapp John OSPREY-II (registry code 9570559, https://openairdocs.org/model/knapp-john-osprey-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTROS OSPREY2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 17,406 total, 3 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC80FFA25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FFA25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800927058749A

## Narrative

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

LOST PROP BLADES ON LOW PASS PULL UP. PITCH UP, STALL, SPIN AND GROUND IMPACT OCCURRED. UNSTABLE SENSITIVE PLANE.

## 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 NYC80FFA25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC80FFA25), Sep 27, 1980: Osprey II (N8020H), Kingston, NY, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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