- Date
- March 23, 1974
- Place
- New Castle, IN · NEW CASTLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3RPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report August 28, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740323012989A
- Case key
- 126001
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1992 74/3/23 NEW CASTLE,IND PITTS S-1S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 46, 5850 TIME - 1100 N3R PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 50 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HENRY CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW CASTLE,IND LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- PLT ATMTD TO CUT RIBBON SUSPENDED BETWN TWO 15FT POLES HELD BY CHILDREN.INVERTED FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3R
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Henry Co
N3RRegistration cancelled Sep 3, 1975 · Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1SAirframe modelAerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N3R · 1
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