# Accident 19831218061439A: Amtrva SPORTMANVJ22, Oldsmar, FL, December 18, 1983

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 18, 1983, 14:40 local time
- Place: Oldsmar, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Unauth Low Level Opns
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 28.0484° N, 82.6713° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Oldsmar, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=28.0484&lon=-82.6713&mi=10
- Aircraft: N15RK (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRVA SPORTMANVJ22
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 900 total, 100 in this make and model, 50 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA84FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA047) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19831218061439A

## Narrative

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

PILOT SUFFERED A FATAL CEREBRAL HEMORRHAGE WHILE FLYING OVER BAY AT 30 FEET AGL. AIRCRAFT HIT WATER AND CARTWHEELED

## 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 MIA84FA047](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA84FA047), Dec 18, 1983: Rygg Volmer VJ22 (N15RK), Oldmar, FL, 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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