# Accident 19810912069639A: Amtrpd PDQ2, Goshen, IN, September 12, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 12, 1981, 18:06 local time
- Place: Goshen, IN
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.5739° N, 85.8303° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Goshen, IN, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.5739&lon=-85.8303&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8052F (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPD PDQ2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 70 total, 1 in this make and model, 2 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI81FET14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FET14) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810912069639A

## Narrative

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

FIRST FLIGHT OF AIRCRAFT RESULTED IN CRASH. AIRCRAFT HAD EXPERIENCED TAIL FLUTTER DURING PREVIOUS TESTS.

## 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 CHI81FET14](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI81FET14), Sep 12, 1981: PDQ 2D (N8052F), Goshen, IN, destroyed, 1 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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