- Date
- August 29, 1981
- Place
- Plano, TX · PLANO, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N88KAPitts S-1C
- Status
- Completed · report December 28, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810829052659A
- Case key
- 123941
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2594 81/8/29 PLANO,TX PITTS S-1C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1900 N88KA PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 48, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PLANO,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- STRUCK GROUND DRG SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N88KA
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.