# Accident 19841227068289A: Amtrta COOTAMPHIB1A, Punta Gorda, FL, December 27, 1984

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: December 27, 1984, 09:25 local time
- Place: Punta Gorda, FL
- Airport: Charlotte Co
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: In Traffic Pattern-Circling
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 26.8940° N, 82.0665° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Punta Gorda, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=26.8940&lon=-82.0665&mi=10
- Aircraft: N24GL (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRTA COOTAMPHIB1A
- Reported engine: LYC IO360C1C
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 560 total, 1 in this make and model, 0 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA85FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA067) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19841227068289A

## Narrative

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

1ST FLIGHT, HARD LANDING. INSPECTED AIRCRAFT. BENT ANTIGROUND LOOP ROD. 2ND FLIGHT, SPUN IN TRYING TO CLOSE CANOPY.

## 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 MIA85FA067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA85FA067), Dec 27, 1984: Lounsbery Taylor/COOT-A (N24GL), Punta Gorda, 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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