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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrth THORPT18 · Morristown, NJ · June 12, 1983

Date
June 12, 1983 · 12:30 local
Place
Morristown, NJ
Airport
Municipal
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N11BD
NTSB investigation
NTSBNYC83FHM02
Reported as
Amtrth THORPT18
Reported engine
Lycoming IO320B1A
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
0 in this make and model0 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.

Indicates pilot exceeded the speed on a dive and a low pass over runway. Began to porpoise and then disintegrated.

As the FAA filed it

INDICATES PILOT EXCEEDED THE SPEED ON A DIVE AND A LOW PASS OVER RUNWAY. BEGAN TO PORPOISE AND THEN DISINTEGRATED.

NTSB investigation

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