# Accident 19810522027849A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1, Livingston, TX, May 22, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 1981, 16:15 local time
- Place: Livingston, TX
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.7100° N, 94.9379° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Livingston, TX, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.7100&lon=-94.9379&mi=10
- Aircraft: N35DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N35DW-2013-03-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Williams Donald P PITTS SPECIAL S-1S (registry code 7220699, https://openairdocs.org/model/williams-donald-p-pitts-special-s-1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 35,000 total, 62 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FRA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRA34) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810522027849A

## Narrative

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

ENTERED PRACTICE LENGTHY INVERTED SPIN.  FAILED TO RECOVER.  SKILLED ACROBATIC PILOT MAY HAVE BLACKED OUT.

## 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 FTW81FRA34](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FRA34), May 22, 1981: Pitts S1S (N35DW), Livingston, TX, 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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