- Date
- June 3, 1975
- Place
- Chelsea, MI · CHELSEA, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N24144Pitts S-1C
- Status
- Completed · report July 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750603017339A
- Case key
- 148704
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1545 75/6/3 CHELSEA,MI PITTS S-1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 38, 1155 TIME - 1900 N24144 PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 240 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANN ARBOR,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- ACFT IN R SPIN NOSE CAME UP RESULTING IN A FLAT SPIN.NOSE CAME DWN WITH BLAST OF PWR.ACFT CKD OK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N24144
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N24144Registration cancelled Jul 6, 1992 · Walker PITTS SPECIAL S-1CAirframe modelWalker PITTS SPECIAL S-1C
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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 N24144 · 1
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