# Accident 19860407009989A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL, Homestead, FL, April 7, 1986

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 7, 1986, 14:30 local time
- Place: Homestead, FL
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 25.4901° N, 80.5102° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4901&lon=-80.5102&mi=10
- Aircraft: N501L, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N501L-2013-07-19) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pitts SPECIAL (registry code 72202KX, https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-special) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECIAL
- Reported engine: LYC O360A4A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 200 total, 0 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB MIA86FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86FA115) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860407009989A

## Narrative

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

INDICATES AIRCRAFT STALLED WHEN IT RAN OUT OF FUEL DURING ACROBATICS.DIVED TO GROUND. PILOT WAS INTOXICATED.

## 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 MIA86FA115](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA86FA115), Apr 7, 1986: Pitts Special (N501L), Homestead, 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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