# Halstead Richard J SANDPIPER

- Type: Aircraft model (FAA registry)
- Registry code: 0561661
- Manufacturer (registry): HALSTEAD RICHARD J
- Model: SANDPIPER
- Aircraft type: Fixed wing single engine
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: 1 · Reciprocating
- Seats: 2
- Weight class: Up to 12,499 lb
- Certification: Not type certificated
- Registered aircraft: 0
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/model/halstead-richard-j-sandpiper

Model codes come from the FAA registry's reference file. ADs are matched to them by model name and maker.

## ADs that may apply (OpenAirDocs)

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None matched.

## Registered aircraft

None registered with this model now.

## NTSB investigations (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 BFO89DID01](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/BFO89DID01), Mar 17, 1989: Halstead Sandpiper (N339RH), Chesapeake, VA, destroyed. Probable cause: THE PILOT/BUILDERS IMPROPER INSTALLATION OF THE RUDDERVADOR AND THE PILOT'S IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM A BOUNCED LANDING. A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WAS THE FAILURE OF THE FAA TO DETECT THE FLAW DURING THE…

## FAA accident and incident reports (1)

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.

- [Accident 19890317004189A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19890317004189A), Mar 17, 1989: Amtr SANDPIPER (N339RH), Portmouth, VA, Destroyed. Bounced on first landing unable to flare. Pitch up on go around unable to lower nose. Ruddervators, set wrong pitch

## The same model under other registry codes

Amateur-built copies and renamed makers get their own codes.

- [Lortie Robert F SANDPIPER](https://openairdocs.org/model/lortie-robert-f-sandpiper): 0 registered aircraft, registry code 05676E3

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