# Accident 19810114001029A: Amtr TDP40, Scottsdale, AZ, January 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: January 14, 1981, 07:48 local time
- Place: Scottsdale, AZ
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 33.5092° N, 111.8990° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Scottsdale, AZ, within about 8 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.5092&lon=-111.8990&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5578J (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TDP40
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 16,451 total, 123 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUJ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ26) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810114001029A

## Narrative

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

FIRST TEST HOP. SLOW SPEED TAKEOFF. STALLED TURNING BASE. PROP CONTROL OUT OF HIGH RPM DETENTE.

## 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 LAX81FUJ26](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ26), Jan 14, 1981: Thunder P-40 (N5578J), Scottsdale, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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