- Date
- August 2, 1975
- Place
- New Castle, IN · NEW CASTLE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3RPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750802023089A
- Case key
- 149874
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2096 75/8/2 NEW CASTLE,IN PITTS S-1S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 23, 518 TIME - 1440 N3R PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 12 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKY CASTLE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION NEW CASTLE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - INCORRECT TRIM SETTING REMARKS- AFTR TKOF ACFT REMAINED LOW OVR RWY TO END,THEN VERT CLMB TO L HAMMERHEAD.ELEV TRIM FULL NOSE UP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3R
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Sky Castle
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
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.