# Accident 19810915085679A: Amtr TCRAFTGJ, Minot, ND, September 15, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: September 15, 1981, 18:00 local time
- Place: Minot, ND
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 48.2361° N, 101.2776° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Minot, ND, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=48.2361&lon=-101.2776&mi=10
- Aircraft: N180WP, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N180WP) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pietsch Warren TAYLORCRAFT GJ (registry code 05613J9, https://openairdocs.org/model/pietsch-warren-taylorcraft-gj) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-360-A1D (registry code 41504, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-360-a1d) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR TCRAFTGJ
- Reported engine: LYC O360A1D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 5,500 total, 100 in this make and model, 350 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82FTG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTG01) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19810915085679A

## Narrative

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

OVERSTRESSED MODIFIED WING IN ACROBATIC FLIGHT. COLLAPSED LEADING EDGE OF LEFT WING. NOT STRESSED FOR ACROBATICS.

## 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 DEN82FTG01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTG01), Sep 15, 1981: Pietsch GJ (N180WP), Minot, ND, 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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