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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1 · Livingston, TX · May 22, 1981

Date
May 22, 1981 · 16:15 local
Place
Livingston, TX
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N35DW
NTSB investigation
NTSBFTW81FRA34
Reported as
Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
35,000 total62 in this make and model0 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.

Entered practice lengthy inverted spin. Failed to recover. Skilled acrobatic pilot may have blacked out.

As the FAA filed it

ENTERED PRACTICE LENGTHY INVERTED SPIN. FAILED TO RECOVER. SKILLED ACROBATIC PILOT MAY HAVE BLACKED OUT.

NTSB investigation

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