19850916076129A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Child S2APITTS · Carlsbad, CA · September 16, 1985

Date
September 16, 1985 · 17:40 local
Place
Carlsbad, CA
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N13AS
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX85LA393
Reported as
Child S2APITTS
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
14,360 total500 in this make and model125 in the last 90 days

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What happened

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

Impacted ocean while filming an inverted flat spin. Suspect incorrect assessment of recovery action due negative gs.

As the FAA filed it

IMPACTED OCEAN WHILE FILMING AN INVERTED FLAT SPIN.SUSPECT INCORRECT ASSESSMENT OF RECOVERY ACTION DUE NEGATIVE GS.

NTSB investigation

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