20050611011449A

Accident · Destroyed

FAA accident report · Amtr PITTS S-1T · Santa Paula, CA · June 11, 2005

Date
June 11, 2005 · 17:00 local
Place
Santa Paula, CA
Phase of flight
Practice Training Manuevers
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Destroyed
Aircraft
N647J
NTSB investigation
NTSBLAX05CA200
Reported as
Amtr PITTSS1T
Reported engine
Lycoming AEIO360*
Fatal injuries
0
Pilot’s flight hours
8,700 total60 in this make and model40 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.

(-23) Pilot entered an inverted spin and could not recover. Pilot parachuted from aircraft. Aircraft destroyed. Minor injury to pilot when he landed in river bed.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) PILOT ENTERED AN INVERTED SPIN AND COULD NOT RECOVER. PILOT PARACHUTED FROM AIRCRAFT. AIRCRAFT DESTROYED. MINOR INJURY TO PILOT WHEN HE LANDED IN RIVER BED.

NTSB investigation

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