# Incident 19810321021059I: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL, San Diego, CA, March 21, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 21, 1981, 09:38 local time
- Place: San Diego, CA
- Airport: Brown Field
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Ground Taxi, Other Airplane
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.5723° N, 116.9802° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BROWN FLD MUNI (SDM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.5723&lon=-116.9802&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3961, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N3961) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Potter PITTS SPECIAL S-1C (registry code 7220276, https://openairdocs.org/model/potter-pitts-special-s-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-290 series (registry code 41506, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-290-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECIAL
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,200 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810321021059I

## Narrative

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

PILOT LOST CONTROL WHEN AIRCRAFT WAS CAUGHT BY A GUST OF WIND DURING A HIGH SPEED TAXI RUN.

## Other reports on N3961 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19840729054069I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840729054069I), Jul 29, 1984: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1C (N3961), Fort Worth, TX, Minor damage. Swerved to the right on touchdown. Ran off the runway and hit parked aircraft. Sand fouled tail wheel mechanisim.

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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