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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr Alleycat · Salt Lake City, UT · June 4, 1981

Date
June 4, 1981 · 17:30 local
Place
Salt Lake City, UT
Airport
Salt Lake City #2
Phase of flight
To Init Climb(1st Pwr Reduct)
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N4205D
NTSB investigation
NTSBDEN81FTM25
Reported as
Amtr Alleycat
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
200 total0 in this make and model7 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.

Unable to control pitch on takeoff, stalled, dropped tail first to runway. Faulty design of canard.

As the FAA filed it

UNABLE TO CONTROL PITCH ON TAKEOFF, STALLED, DROPPED TAIL FIRST TO RUNWAY. FAULTY DESIGN OF CANARD.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.