# Accident 19830817041879A: Amtrev COUGAR1, Lantana, FL, August 17, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 17, 1983, 10:20 local time
- Place: Lantana, FL
- Airport: Palm Beach Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Forced/Precautionary Landing
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.6606° N, 80.0894° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.6606&lon=-80.0894&mi=10
- Aircraft: N3538 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTREV COUGAR1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 96 total, 4 in this make and model, 14 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA83FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA203) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830817041879A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE QUIT ON CLIMBOUT. STRUCK TREES TRYING TO RETURN.   NO FUEL ON BOARD. FUEL GAUGE INOP. NOT ENDORSED IN TYPE.

## 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 MIA83FA203](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83FA203), Aug 17, 1983: Scarboro COUGAR-1 (N3538), Lantana, FL, destroyed

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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