19790420010489A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Ayres S2* · Moss Landing, CA · April 20, 1979

Date
April 20, 1979 · 10:10 local
Place
Moss Landing, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N8072
NTSB investigation
NTSBOAK79FVM18
Reported as
Ayres S2*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
2,500 total400 in this make and model210 in the last 90 days

From the FAA’s Accident/Incident Data System (AIDS), through its Aviation Safety Information Portal, as reported. The NTSB investigates accidents separately, and its record of an accident is the fuller one. The aircraft is matched to the registry 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.

What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Pilot was practicing intentional inverted spins. Aircraft failed to recover. Pilot parachuted safely.

As the FAA filed it

PILOT WAS PRACTICING INTENTIONAL INVERTED SPINS. AIRCRAFT FAILED TO RECOVER. PILOT PARACHUTED SAFELY.

NTSB investigation

The NTSB’s investigation of this event, with its probable cause and findings. Matched to this report by N-number and date.