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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1 · Avra Valley, AZ · August 22, 1984

Date
August 22, 1984 · 12:32 local
Place
Avra Valley, AZ
Phase of flight
Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N56AB
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX84LA450
Reported as
Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1
Reported engine
Lycoming IO360LYC*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
5,254 total867 in this make and model107 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.

Engine quit during inverted flight. Crash occurred when aircraft hit ditch during emergency landing.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT DURING INVERTED FLIGHT. CRASH OCCURRED WHEN AIRCRAFT HIT DITCH DURING EMERGENCY LANDING.

NTSB investigation

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