- Date
- May 15, 1965
- Place
- Longmont, CO · LONGMONT, CO
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1142Pitts Specl
- Status
- Completed · report August 19, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 178069
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0322 65/5/15 LONGMONT COLO PITTS SPECL CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1500 N1142 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 32, 4500 TOTAL HOURS, 0 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LONGMONT MUN TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISC-RESTRICTED USE OF CONTROLS DUE TO PLT SIZE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1142
- Reported as
- Pitts Specl
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Longmont Mun
N1142Registration cancelled Jul 24, 1997 · Dean A Case PITTS SPECIALAirframe modelDean A Case PITTS SPECIAL
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