- Date
- August 13, 1968
- Place
- Napoleon, MI · NAPOLEON, MI
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N82RPitts Spec S-K
- Status
- Completed · report September 16, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 109101
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2299 68/8/13 NAPOLEON,MICH PITTS SPEC S-K CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 37, 7100 TIME - 1330 N82R PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAULE TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N82R
- Reported as
- Pitts Spec S-K
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Maule
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.