# Accident 19810704038209A: Namer SNJ5, Wall, TX, July 4, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1981, 16:13 local time
- Place: Wall, TX
- Airport: Goodfellow Afb
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 31.4316° N, 100.3992° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at Goodfellow Air Force Base, closed, within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=31.4316&lon=-100.3992&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1046C, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1046C-1983-06-08) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: North American SNJ-5 (registry code 6400418, https://openairdocs.org/model/north-american-snj-5) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: NAMER SNJ5
- Reported engine: PWA R1340AN1
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 1,427 total, 139 in this make and model, 36 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW81FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA116) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810704038209A

## Narrative

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

LOST CONTROL AND SPUN IN DURING MOCK DOG FIGHT WITH ANOTHER AT6. HAD NO PREVIOUS ACROBATIC OR SPIN TRAINING.

## 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 FTW81FA116](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW81FA116), Jul 4, 1981: N.American SNJ-5 (N1046C), Wall, TX, 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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