- Date
- March 19, 1966
- Place
- Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N5TPitts Specl
- Status
- Completed · report August 4, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174150
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0169 66/3/19 TUCSON ARIZ PITTS SPECL CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1430 N5T PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 52, 24690 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 170 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DAVIS-MONTHAN AFB TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5T
- Reported as
- Pitts Specl
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Davis-Monthan Afb
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