- Date
- May 5, 1979
- Place
- Artesia, NM · ARTESIA, NM
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N54FPitts S1
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790505008199A
- Case key
- 135750
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1490 79/5/5 ARTESIA,NM PITTS S1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1437 N54F PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 28, 4600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ARETSIA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARTESIA,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: WIRES/POLES IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N54F
- Reported as
- Pitts S1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Aretsia Municipal
N54FRegistration cancelled Aug 28, 2004 · Fisher PITTS SPECIAL S-1Airframe modelFisher PITTS SPECIAL S-1
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.