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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1C · Parrish, FL · April 5, 1988

Date
April 5, 1988 · 15:30 local
Place
Parrish, FL
Airport
Private
Phase of flight
Descent
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N2NW
Reported as
Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1C
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
7,690 total16 in this make and model5 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.

Vibrating in loop while practicing acrobatics. Wing fabric tore loose. Several ribs broke. Returned to airport.

As the FAA filed it

VIBRATING IN LOOP WHILE PRACTICING ACROBATICS. WING FABRIC TORE LOOSE. SEVERAL RIBS BROKE. RETURNED TO AIRPORT.