- Date
- February 27, 1980
- Place
- China Grove, NC · CHINA GROVE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N3732Stits Playby
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800227004489A
- Case key
- 132307
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0073 80/2/27 CHINA GROVE,NC STITS PLAYBY CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 41, 2500 TIME - 1830 N3732 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHINA GROVE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CHINA GROVE,NC CHINA GROVE,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISREGARD OF GOOD OPERATING PRACTICE REMARKS- PILOT DID SEVERAL LOOPS PRIOR TO IMPACT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3732
- Reported as
- Stits Playby
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- China Grove
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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.