- Date
- May 12, 1979
- Place
- Rockford, IL · ROCKFORD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N7UDPitts S-2A
- Status
- Completed · report August 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790512015969A
- Case key
- 135900
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1626 79/5/12 ROCKFORD,IL PITTS S-2A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 47, 979 TIME - 1645 N7UD PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 61 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LUND DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROCKFORD,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN LANDING: TRAFFIC PATTERN-CIRCLING PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7UD
- Reported as
- Pitts S-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Lund
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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.