# Accident 19801008049969A: Amtr EA1, Lakehurst, NJ, October 8, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 8, 1980, 08:45 local time
- Place: Lakehurst, NJ
- Airport: Naval Air Station
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.0131° N, 74.3204° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Lakehurst, NJ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.0131&lon=-74.3204&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5499A (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR EA1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,600 total, 0 in this make and model, 51 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC81FHD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHD02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801008049969A

## Narrative

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

FIRST TEST FLIGHT ON BLIMP. CONTROLS MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING CRASH INTO TREES.

## 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 NYC81FHD02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC81FHD02), Oct 8, 1980: Blimp EA-1 (N5499A), Lakehurst, NJ, 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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