- Date
- September 26, 1976
- Place
- Weyers Cave, VA · WEYERS CAVE, VA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2153Pitts Spcl S-1C
- Status
- Completed · report November 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760926031599A
- Case key
- 155631
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3209 76/9/26 WEYERS CAVE,VA PITTS SPCL S-1C CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1533 N2153 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 40, UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 500 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SHENANDOAH VALLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEYERS CAVE,VA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO FOLLOW APPROVED PROCEDURES,DIRECTIVES,ETC. PILOT-DELAYED ACRO MANEUVER RECOVERY REMARKS- PLT HELD ACFT IN AN INVTD FLAT SPIN 4-5 TURNS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2153
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl S-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Shenandoah Valley
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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.