# Accident 19880806035199A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1, Butte, MT, August 6, 1988

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 6, 1988, 13:40 local time
- Place: Butte, MT
- Airport: Bert Mooney
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 45.9548° N, 112.4975° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at BERT MOONEY (BTM), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=45.9548&lon=-112.4975&mi=10
- Aircraft: N59J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N59J-2013-04-24) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Rossi James PITTS SPECIAL S-1S (registry code 7220670, https://openairdocs.org/model/rossi-james-pitts-special-s-1s) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS1
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO360A1A
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 2,481 total, 531 in this make and model, 102 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB DEN88LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA177) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19880806035199A

## Narrative

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

BLOWN OFF SIDE OF RUNWAY TRYING TO LAND IN A 40 KNOT QUARTERING TAIL WING. HAD ELECTED TO LAND DUE TO WEATHER.

## 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 DEN88LA177](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN88LA177), Aug 6, 1988: Rossi Pitts S-1S (N59J), Butte, MT, 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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