# Accident 20050611011449A: Amtr PITTSS1T, Santa Paula, CA, June 11, 2005

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: June 11, 2005, 17:00 local time
- Place: Santa Paula, CA
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Practice Training Manuevers
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 34.3833° N, 118.9833° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.3833&lon=-118.9833&mi=10
- Aircraft: N647J, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N647J-2008-02-14) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Christen Industries PITTS S-1T (registry code 2210002, https://openairdocs.org/model/christen-industries-pitts-s-1t) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming AEIO-360 series (registry code 41522, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-aeio-360-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AMTR PITTSS1T
- Reported engine: LYC AEIO360*
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 8,700 total, 60 in this make and model, 40 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB LAX05CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA200) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050611011449A

## Narrative

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

(-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.

## 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 LAX05CA200](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX05CA200), Jun 12, 2005: Aviat Pitts S-1T (N647J), Fillmore, CA, destroyed. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to affect timely recovery from an intentional inverted flat spin.

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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