# Accident 19810531030099A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1, Medina, OH, May 31, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 31, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Medina, OH
- Airport: Freedom
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.1346° N, 81.8695° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Medina, OH, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.1346&lon=-81.8695&mi=10
- Aircraft: N45WA, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N45WA-2012-11-29) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Allen-Wayne PITTS S-1E (registry code 7221009, https://openairdocs.org/model/allen-wayne-pitts-s-1e) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 407 total, 5 in this make and model, 11 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FEI19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEI19) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810531030099A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL NEAR AIRPORT. LANDED SHORT OF RUNWAY IN PLOWED FIELD, NOSED OVER.

## 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 CHI81FEI19](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FEI19), May 31, 1981: Pitts S-1E (N45WA), Medina, OH, substantial damage

## Other reports on N45WA (2)

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

- [Accident 19970406004911A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970406004911A), Apr 6, 1997: Amtr PITTSS2E (N45WA), Arlington, WA, Substantial damage. Aircraft in traffic pattern for touch and glandings. Struck tail of departing aircraft. (.4) the solo student pilot of a Cessna taxied onto runway 34 after…
- [Incident 19950609016749I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19950609016749I), Jun 9, 1995: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1 (N45WA), Everett, WA, Minor damage. Narrative: while landing the pilot lost directional control and then groundlooped.

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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