# Accident 19801214076169A: Amtr MONCRAI, Eloy, AZ, December 14, 1980

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 14, 1980, 12:30 local time
- Place: Eloy, AZ
- Airport: Picacho Park
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.7559° N, 111.5548° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Eloy, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.7559&lon=-111.5548&mi=10
- Aircraft: N54980 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR MONCRAI
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 591 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUJ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ15) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19801214076169A

## Narrative

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

STALLED HOME-BUILT GLIDER IN STEEP TURN AFTER LAUNCH. PILOT HAD FIVE MINUTES IN AIRCRAFT.

## 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 LAX81FUJ15](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ15), Dec 14, 1980: Monerai S (N54980), Eloy, AZ, destroyed

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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