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Incident · Minor damage

FAA incident report · Amtrpt PITTS SPECIAL · Oklahoma City, OK · June 1, 1989

Date: June 1, 1989 · 18:40 local
Place: Oklahoma City, OK
Phase of flight: Descent
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage: Minor damage
Aircraft: N13BC
Reported as: Amtrpt Pittsspecial
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 4,500 total55 in this make and model35 in the last 90 days

N13BCRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2013 · Clayton PITTS SPECIALS/N BC13 · Built 1973 Airframe modelClayton PITTS SPECIAL Engine modelLycoming O&VO-360 seriesReciprocating

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.

Engine quit practicing aerobatics due to fuel exhaustion. Force landing in a field. Ground looped.

As the FAA filed it

ENGINE QUIT PRACTICING AEROBATICS DUE TO FUEL EXHAUSTION. FORCE LANDING IN A FIELD. GROUND LOOPED.