# NTSB DEN66A0067: Pitts Specl, N5T, Tucson, AZ, March 19, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 19, 1966
- Place: Tucson, AZ · TUCSON, AZ
- Location: 32.2217° N, 110.9265° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tucson, AZ, within about 9 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.2217&lon=-110.9265&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 4, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 174150
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66A0067
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66A0067

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N5T-1966-04-21), registration cancelled 1966-04-21, S/N BH-2-PS-1C (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PITTS SPECL
- Registry model: [Pitts SPECIAL](https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-special) (registry code 72202KT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Davis-Monthan Afb

## Other investigations on N5T (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB DEN66F0209](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66F0209), Jan 28, 1966: Pitts Specal (N5T), Casa Grande, AZ, substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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