# Incident 19820421025209I: Amtrsx CASSUTT1, Orbisonia, PA, April 21, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 21, 1982, 15:03 local time
- Place: Orbisonia, PA
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Level Off Touchdown
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 40.2429° N, 77.8930° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Orbisonia, PA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.2429&lon=-77.8930&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1790, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1790-1998-12-17) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cassutt III M SPORT (registry code 05601E5, https://openairdocs.org/model/cassutt-iii-m-sport) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSX CASSUTT1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 330 total, 20 in this make and model, 8 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820421025209I

## Narrative

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

LOST PILOT. LOW ON FUEL, APPROACHES TO LAND IN FIELD, SEES POWERLINES, PULLS UP. DROPS INTO FIELD, HITS PROPELLER.

## Other reports on N1790 (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 19830331010419A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830331010419A), Mar 31, 1983: Amtrsx CASSUTT3M (N1790), Hiawatha, KS, Substantial damage. Pilot's vision was restricted from oil on windshield. Control was lost during landing.

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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