# Accident 20070522011349A: Amtr STITSSA11A, Connellsville, PA, May 22, 2007

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 22, 2007, 11:44 local time
- Place: Connellsville, PA
- Airport: Joseph A. Hardy Connellsville
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Final Approach
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 39.9592° N, 79.6572° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=39.9592&lon=-79.6572&mi=10
- Aircraft: N7760, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7760-2008-05-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Dever STITS PLAYMATE SA11A (registry code 8650606, https://openairdocs.org/model/dever-stits-playmate-sa11a) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming 0-320 series (registry code 41508, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-320-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR STITSSA11A
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 800 total, 160 in this make and model, 10 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB NYC07LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA123) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20070522011349A

## Narrative

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

(-23) THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE WAS FLYING N7760, A STITS PLAYMATE, SA11A, FROM PEN YEN AIRPORT IN NEW YORK (KPEO) TO CONNELLSVILLE, PENNSLVANIA (KVVS), A 330 MILE TRIP. THE TRIP WAS OVER 3 HOURS LONG, AT 4,000 FEET, ONE OF THE LONGEST FLIGHTS HE HAD EVER MADE. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED THAT HE MADE A CALL TO CONNELLSVILLE AIRPORT ABOUT 30 MILES OUT AND THAT WAS THE LAST THING HE REMEMBERS. I EXPLAINED TO THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ THAT I REVIEWED HIS LOG BOOK AND DISCOVERED THAT HIS LAST MEDICAL AND BFR WERE IN 2002. THE PILOT ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ STATED "HE WAS REMISS IN STAYING CURRENT." SUBMISSION OF THIS 8020-23 CLOSES THIS ACCIDENT REPORT.

## 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 NYC07LA123](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/NYC07LA123), May 22, 2007: Dever Stits Playmate SA11A (N7760), Connellsville, PA, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot's inability to maintain control of the airplane due to an undetermined physiological impairment.

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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