# Accident 19810817049989A: Amtrpl AIRCAMPER, Blakesburg, IA, August 17, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1981, 08:25 local time
- Place: Blakesburg, IA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.9620° N, 92.6347° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Blakesburg, IA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.9620&lon=-92.6347&mi=10
- Aircraft: N12939, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N12939) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Sampson PIETENPOL AIRCAMPER (registry code 7040168, https://openairdocs.org/model/sampson-pietenpol-aircamper) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental A&C65 series (registry code 17003, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-a-c65-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPL AIRCAMPER
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 226 total, 8 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MKC81FCD36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FCD36) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810817049989A

## Narrative

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

MISUNDERSTANDING AROSE AS TO WHO HAD CONTROL OF AIRPLANE FROM SEPARATE COCKPITS. FLEW INTO GROUND AT CRUISE POWER

## 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 MKC81FCD36](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MKC81FCD36), Aug 17, 1981: Pietenpol Aircmp (N12939), Blakesburg, IA, 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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