19810110001739A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrpt Pittsspecial · Boise, ID · January 10, 1981

Date
January 10, 1981 · 13:00 local
Place
Boise, ID
Airport
Glider
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N43BW
NTSB investigation
NTSBSEA81FYA07
Reported as
Amtrpt Pittsspecial
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 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.

Practicing low level aerobatics. Went into a spin from a hammerhead stall. Failed to recover.

As the FAA filed it

PRACTICING LOW LEVEL AEROBATICS. WENT INTO A SPIN FROM A HAMMERHEAD STALL. FAILED TO RECOVER.

NTSB investigation

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