- Date
- July 3, 1975
- Place
- Spearman, TX · SPEARMAN, TX
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N6111UStits SA6B
- Status
- Completed · report September 5, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19750703023349A
- Case key
- 150275
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2170 75/7/3 SPEARMAN,TX STITS SA6B CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 53, 3181 TIME - 1715 N6111U PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPEARMAN,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - DIVERTED ATTENTION FROM OPERATION OF AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- FLEW INTO GRND WHILE WRITING NOTE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6111U
- Reported as
- Stits SA6B
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N6111URegistration cancelled Apr 25, 2013 · Stits SA6BAirframe modelStits SA6BEngine modelContinental 0-200 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.