# Accident 19811114073839A: Amtros OSPREY2, Madison, WI, November 14, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1981, 10:19 local time
- Place: Madison, WI
- Airport: Dane Co Regional
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.2222° N, 89.4682° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at DANE (WI65), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.2222&lon=-89.4682&mi=10
- Aircraft: N209DW, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N209DW-1984-10-26) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Wilson J Dale OSPREY-2 (registry code 9570583, https://openairdocs.org/model/wilson-j-dale-osprey-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTROS OSPREY2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 213 total, 16 in this make and model, 3 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI82FEP09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEP09) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811114073839A

## Narrative

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

PILOT DECLARED EMERGENCY AND STATED HE HAD NO ELEVATOR CONTROL. AIRCRAFT CRASHED A FEW MINUTES LATER.

## 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 CHI82FEP09](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI82FEP09), Nov 14, 1981: Osprey 2 (N209DW), Madison, WI, 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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