# Accident 19821218064439A: Amtrrw SCORPION2, Sandwich, IL, December 18, 1982

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1982, 16:00 local time
- Place: Sandwich, IL
- Airport: Sandwich
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.6392° N, 88.6198° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.6392&lon=-88.6198&mi=10
- Aircraft: N9354A, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N9354A-2014-12-22) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Mattson-Harry SCORPION TOO (registry code 13025M6, https://openairdocs.org/model/mattson-harry-scorpion-too) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRRW SCORPION2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 23 total, 0 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB CHI83LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA062) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821218064439A

## Narrative

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

RAN OUT OF FUEL OVER AIRPORT. DIVED INTO RUNWAY. HOMEBUILT NOT LICENSED. PILOT HAD NO PREVIOUS TRAINING.

## 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 CHI83LA062](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI83LA062), Dec 18, 1982: Scorpion Too (N9354A), Sandwich, IL, 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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