- Date
- August 25, 1981
- Place
- Clovis, NM · CLOVIS, NM
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N51RAPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report October 1, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810825051359A
- Case key
- 124009
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2536 81/8/25 CLOVIS,NM PITTS S-1S CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 2087 TIME - 1330 N51RA PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 58 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLOVIS,NM LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION BEYOND EXPERIENCE/ABILITY LEVEL REMARKS- UN TO RECOVER FM INVERTED SPIN,BAILED OUT.PLT HAD NO FORMAL TRAINING IN INVERTED SPINS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51RA
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- 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.