- Date
- May 22, 1981
- Place
- Livingston, TX · LIVINGSTON, TX
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N35DWPitts S1S
- Status
- Completed · report October 8, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810522027849A
- Case key
- 125169
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1976 81/5/22 LIVINGSTON,TX PITTS S1S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL NO CERTIFICATE, AGE 51, TIME - 1615 N35DW PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 35000 TOTAL HOURS, 62 IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LIVINGSTON DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LIVINGSTON,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- PLND 10TURN INVERTED SPIN.BGN SPIN APRX 4500FT.COML PLT CERT STILL UNDER 120 DAY SUSPENSION.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N35DW
- Reported as
- Pitts S1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Livingston
N35DWRegistration cancelled Mar 11, 2013 · Williams Donald P PITTS SPECIAL S-1SAirframe modelWilliams Donald P PITTS SPECIAL S-1S
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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.