# Accident 19901017046209A: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1C, Ocala, FL, October 17, 1990

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: October 17, 1990, 18:00 local time
- Place: Ocala, FL
- Airport: Private
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Descent
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 29.1872° N, 82.1401° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Ocala, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=29.1872&lon=-82.1401&mi=10
- Aircraft: N1235, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N1235-2016-08-16) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Pitts Special S-1C (registry code 72202TX, https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-special-s-1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTRPT PITTSSPECS1C
- Reported engine: LYC IO360A2B
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 1
- Pilot flight hours: 589 total, 40 in this make and model, 39 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ATL91FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FA005) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19901017046209A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

PRACTICE ACROBATICS. ENTERED SPIN FROM IMMELMAN. SPIN SOMEWHAT FLAT. DID NOT RECOVER PRIOR IMPACT. NO DEFECTS NOTED

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ATL91FA005](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ATL91FA005), Oct 17, 1990: Pitts Special S-1 (N1235), Ocala, FL, substantial damage, 1 fatal. Probable cause: THE PILOT EXPERIENCCED SPATIAL DISORIENTATION, LOST CONTROL OF THE AIRPLANE DURING A SPIN MANEUVER AND COLLIDED WITH THE GROUND.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft 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. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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