# Incident 19830704038349I: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1, Los Banos, CA, July 4, 1983

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 4, 1983, 07:00 local time
- Place: Los Banos, CA
- Airport: Los Banos
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Starting Engines
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 37.0639° N, 120.8699° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at LOS BANOS MUNI (LSN), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=37.0639&lon=-120.8699&mi=10
- Aircraft: N95M, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N95M) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Gallagher PITTS SPECIAL (registry code 7220297, https://openairdocs.org/model/gallagher-pitts-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS1
- Reported engine: LYC O360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 1,900 total, 7 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830704038349I

## Narrative

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

AIRPLANE BROKE TAIL CHAIN AND JUMPED CHOCKS AFTER HAND PROPPING. RAN INTO A FIELD AND NOSED OVER.

## Other reports on N95M (1)

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

- [Incident 19870805052719I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19870805052719I), Aug 5, 1987: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL (N95M), Wind Ridge, PA, Minor damage. Precautionary landing in a field due to deteriorating weather. Flipped over.

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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