# Accident 19810526028589A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1C, Carlsbad, NM, May 26, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 26, 1981, 15:00 local time
- Place: Carlsbad, NM
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.4207° N, 104.2288° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Carlsbad, NM, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.4207&lon=-104.2288&mi=10
- Aircraft: N137NB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS1C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 6,602 total, 300 in this make and model, 70 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81DQD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD24) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810526028589A

## Narrative

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

FILED DOWN PROPELLER FAILED IN FLIGHT. CRASH-LANDED IN DESERT.

## 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 FTW81DQD24](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81DQD24), May 26, 1981: Pitts SC-1 (N137NB), Carlsbad, NM, substantial damage

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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