# Incident 19970830024929I: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1, Ann Arbor, MI, August 30, 1997

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: August 30, 1997, 15:25 local time
- Place: Ann Arbor, MI
- Airport: Ann Arbor Municipal Airport
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Fcd/Prec Ldg From Cruise
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 42.2229° N, 83.7457° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at ANN ARBOR MUNI (ARB), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=42.2229&lon=-83.7457&mi=10
- Aircraft: N8Z (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS1
- Reported engine: LYC VO360*
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 29,000 total, 105 in this make and model, 200 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19970830024929I

## Narrative

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

NARRATIVE: AFTER PITTS SPECIAL N8Z WAS CLEARED TO LAND RUNWAY 24, ANN ARBOR MUNICIPAL, POWER LOSS OCCURRED. PROFILE DESCENT WOULD NOT PERMIT GLIDING TO AIRPORT. AIRCRAFT LANDED IN OPEN FIELD.

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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