- Date
- November 17, 1973
- Place
- Bogalusa, LA · BOGALUSA, LA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N80022Pitts S-2A
- Status
- Completed · report January 24, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731117038939A
- Case key
- 188002
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3542 73/11/17 BOGALUSA,LA PITTS S-2A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 59, 1000 TIME - 1525 N80022 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARR MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOGALUSA,LA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED SPEED AND ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- LO ALT ACROBATIC FLT.HI-SPD SPLIT-S RECOVERY FM INVERTED FLT.HIT TREES.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80022
- Reported as
- Pitts S-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Carr Memorial
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.