# Accident 19810614032309A: Amtrgb GB1AMTR, Pope Valley, CA, June 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1981, 08:12 local time
- Place: Pope Valley, CA
- Airport: Pope Valley
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 38.6107° N, 122.3914° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at POPE VALLEY (05CL), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=38.6107&lon=-122.3914&mi=10
- Aircraft: N4260N (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRGB GB1AMTR
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 770 total, 23 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FVG42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVG42) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810614032309A

## Narrative

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

WING CAME OFF AND AIRPLANE DISINTEGRATED DURING LOW, HIGH-SPEED PASS OVER RUNWAY. GUSTY WINDS. PILOT EXCEEDED VNE.

## 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 LAX81FVG42](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FVG42), Jun 14, 1981: G.B.Assoc GB-1 (N4260N), Pope Valley, CA, destroyed, 2 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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