# Accident 19810207002979A: Amtrso KNIGHTTWIST, Miami, FL, February 7, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: February 7, 1981, 10:40 local time
- Place: Miami, FL
- Airport: New Tamiami
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.7743° N, 80.1937° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Miami, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.7743&lon=-80.1937&mi=10
- Aircraft: N88X, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N88X-1984-08-13) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Knight Twister KNIGHT TWISTER (registry code 4970121, https://openairdocs.org/model/knight-twister-knight-twister) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSO KNIGHTTWIST
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,815 total, 79 in this make and model, 18 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA81DKT25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKT25) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810207002979A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL IN PROP WASH OF ANOTHER AIRCRAFT, ENTERED SPIN. STRUCK GROUND DURING RECOVERY TO LEVEL ATTITUDE.

## 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 MIA81DKT25](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA81DKT25), Feb 7, 1981: Knight Twstr (N88X), Miami, FL, 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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