# Accident 19810614032339A: Amtr GUPPY, Tucson, AZ, June 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 14, 1981, 14:53 local time
- Place: Tucson, AZ
- Airport: Ryan
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.1422° N, 111.1746° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at RYAN FLD (RYN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.1422&lon=-111.1746&mi=10
- Aircraft: N5574S (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTR GUPPY
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX81FUJ67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ67) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810614032339A

## Narrative

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

CRASH OCCURRED SHORTLY AFTER LIFTOFF WHEN AIRCRAFT UNABLE TO CLIMB. THIS WAS FIRST FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT.

## 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 LAX81FUJ67](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX81FUJ67), Jun 14, 1981: Guppy SNS-2 (N5574S), Tucson, AZ, 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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