19801025066909A

Accident · Substantial damage

FAA accident report · Amtrsx CASSUTT1 · Liberal, KS · October 25, 1980

Date
October 25, 1980 · 13:30 local
Place
Liberal, KS
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Low Level Operations
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Substantial damage
Aircraft
N533V
NTSB investigation
NTSBMKC81DCQ03
Reported as
Amtrsx CASSUTT1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
4,500 total125 in this make and model80 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Turned too close behind other airplane rounding a pylon, during air race. Caught in vortices, lost control.

As the FAA filed it

TURNED TOO CLOSE BEHIND OTHER AIRPLANE ROUNDING A PYLON, DURING AIR RACE. CAUGHT IN VORTICES, LOST CONTROL.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.