19821114058439A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrqk Quickie · Death Valley, CA · November 14, 1982

Date
November 14, 1982 · 11:00 local
Place
Death Valley, CA
Airport
Death Valley
Phase of flight
Final Approach
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N1234
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX83LVW01
Reported as
Amtrqk Quickie
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
685 total95 in this make and model45 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Aircraft hit short of runway and flipped inverted. Pilot claims downdraft, but following aircraft had no problem.

As the FAA filed it

AIRCRAFT HIT SHORT OF RUNWAY AND FLIPPED INVERTED. PILOT CLAIMS DOWNDRAFT, BUT FOLLOWING AIRCRAFT HAD NO PROBLEM.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.