# Accident 19801025066909A: Amtrsx CASSUTT1, Liberal, KS, October 25, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 25, 1980, 13:30 local time
- Place: Liberal, KS
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Low Level Operations
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0461° N, 100.9277° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Liberal, KS, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0461&lon=-100.9277&mi=10
- Aircraft: N533V, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N533V-2012-12-18) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Green CASSUTT III M (registry code 1970335, https://openairdocs.org/model/green-cassutt-iii-m) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental C90 series (registry code 17009, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-c90-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSX CASSUTT1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 4,500 total, 125 in this make and model, 80 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81DCQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCQ03) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801025066909A

## Narrative

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

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

## 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 MKC81DCQ03](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81DCQ03), Oct 25, 1980: Cassutt 3M (N533V), Liberal, KS, 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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