# Accident 19811209079469A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1C, Kadoka, SD, December 9, 1981

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 9, 1981, 08:50 local time
- Place: Kadoka, SD
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 43.8288° N, 101.5013° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Kadoka, SD, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=43.8288&lon=-101.5013&mi=10
- Aircraft: N111BB (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS1C
- Reported engine: LYC O320E2D
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 285 total, 38 in this make and model, 55 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN82FTK02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTK02) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19811209079469A

## Narrative

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

STEEP TURN AT LOW ALTITUDE PRODUCED A STALL AND FATAL CRASH ON HIGHWAY MEDIAN, 2 AIRCRAFT WERE FLYING IN FORMATION.

## 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 DEN82FTK02](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN82FTK02), Dec 9, 1981: Pitts S-1C (N111BB), Kadoka, SD, 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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