# NTSB DEN66F0209: Pitts Specal, N5T, Casa Grande, AZ, January 28, 1966

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: January 28, 1966
- Place: Casa Grande, AZ · CASA GRANDE, AZ
- Location: 32.8795° N, 111.7574° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Casa Grande, AZ, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.8795&lon=-111.7574&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 7, 1966
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 173687
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=DEN66F0209
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66F0209

## NTSB brief

```
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 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](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 SPECAL
- Registry model: [Pitts SPECIAL](https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-special) (registry code 72202KT) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Airport: Francis

## 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 DEN66A0067](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/DEN66A0067), Mar 19, 1966: Pitts Specl (N5T), Tucson, AZ, destroyed, 1 fatal

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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