- Date
- January 28, 1966
- Place
- Casa Grande, AZ · CASA GRANDE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N5TPitts Specal
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173687
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0140 66/1/28 CASA GRANDE ARIZ PITTS SPECAL CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1520 N5T PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 51, 24696 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 150 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - FRANCIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: POORLY MAINTAINED RUNWAY SURFACE AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: SOFT RUNWAY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5T
- Reported as
- Pitts Specal
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Francis
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