28.4132° N, 96.7167° WPlaced by OpenAirDocs: center of Seadrift, TX, within about 6 miles.Open in the map
Date
May 15, 1981 · 15:20 local
Place
Seadrift, TX
Airport
Whatley Air Servi
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
NX9BL
Reported as
Amtr Spitfire
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
23,000 total200 in this make and model150 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.
Za aircraft nosed up on emergency landing on soft, wet sod ag strip after fuel exhaustion during ferry flight.
As the FAA filed it
ZA AIRCRAFT NOSED UP ON EMERGENCY LANDING ON SOFT, WET SOD AG STRIP AFTER FUEL EXHAUSTION DURING FERRY FLIGHT.