- Date
- July 17, 1979
- Place
- Warren, OH · WARREN, OH
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2543Pitts S1
- Status
- Completed · report February 20, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790717016489A
- Case key
- 134272
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2978 79/7/17 NR.WARREN,OH PITTS S1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 38, TIME - 1320 N2543 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WARREN DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WARREN,OH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS REMARKS- WITNESSES SAW AC STALL,SPIN,THEN GO INTO FLAT INVERTED SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2543
- Reported as
- Pitts S1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Warren
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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.