# Accident 19840603040522A: Amtrsm DSA1, Redlands, CA, June 3, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 3, 1984, 15:18 local time
- Place: Redlands, CA
- Airport: Municipal
- Damage: Destroyed
- Collision: Midair collision, second aircraft
- Phase of flight: To Aborted (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.0556° N, 117.1825° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Redlands, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.0556&lon=-117.1825&mi=10
- Aircraft: N65P, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N65P-2013-08-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Smith White DSA-1 (registry code 83501XF, https://openairdocs.org/model/smith-white-dsa-1) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRSM DSA1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,250 total, 360 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/19840603040522A

## Narrative

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

ENGINE HESITATED ON FORMATION TAKEOFF WITH ANOTHER PITTS N80053. REAR PITTS OVERTOOK AND HIT THE LEAD PITTS.

## Other aircraft in the event

- N80053, Child S2APITTS: [Accident 19840603040521A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19840603040521A)

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

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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