# Incident 19810630045189I: Amtrbb MUSTANG2, Bayou La Batre, AL, June 30, 1981

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 30, 1981, 10:00 local time
- Place: Bayou La Batre, AL
- Airport: Bayou La Batre
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 30.4076° N, 88.2633° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Bayou La Batre, AL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=30.4076&lon=-88.2633&mi=10
- Aircraft: N55TW, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N55TW) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Walpole BUSBY MUSTANG II (registry code 0562892, https://openairdocs.org/model/walpole-busby-mustang-ii) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRBB MUSTANG2
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,800 total, 100 in this make and model, 30 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810630045189I

## Narrative

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

ABRUPT WIND CHANGE CAUSED AIRCRAFT TO SETTLE RAPIDLY AND LAND HARD.

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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