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Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Child S1PITTS · Lancaster, OH · August 8, 1987

Date
August 8, 1987 · 14:30 local
Place
Lancaster, OH
Airport
Fairfield County
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N52LA
NTSB investigation
NTSBATL87DEK02
Reported as
Child S1PITTS
Reported engine
Lycoming O360*
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
1
Pilot’s flight hours
2,394 total

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.

During vertical climb aircraft appeared to stall and enter a spin impacting ground in near vertical position.

As the FAA filed it

DURING VERTICAL CLIMB AIRCRAFT APPEARED TO STALL AND ENTER A SPIN IMPACTING GROUND IN NEAR VERTICAL POSITION.

NTSB investigation

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