- Date
- September 2, 1991, 19:07 local (Sep 3, 1991, 01:07 UTC)
- Place
- Calhan, CO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Other
- Aircraft
- N939PCCresawn Pitts S1-C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 6, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910902037319A
- Case key
- 18001
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to attain adequate aircraft control to avoid terrain collision.
Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The airplane was observed performing aerobatics - spin, immelman, and tail slide - within an approved aerobatic box. It subsequently impacted the ground in an inverted attitude with little or no rotation or forward speed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N939PC
- Reported as
- Cresawn Pitts S1-C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- --1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-B1A, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Len C. Cresawn
- Registered owner
- Len C. Cresawn
- Departed
- 5V4 · Calhan, CO
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 40
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 537 total · 310 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.