# NTSB LAX67A0108: Pitts SPL S-1C, N314M, Hesperia, CA, May 21, 1967

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: May 21, 1967
- Place: Hesperia, CA · HESPERIA, CA
- Location: 34.4264° N, 117.3009° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hesperia, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.4264&lon=-117.3009&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report August 2, 1967
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 116769
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX67A0108
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX67A0108

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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2-0187  67/5/21    HESPERIA,CALIF      PITTS SPL S-1C      CR-  1  0  0  NONCOMMERCIAL             PRIVATE, AGE 43, 513
        TIME - 1515                    N314M               PX-  0  0  0  PRACTICE                  TOTAL HOURS, 199 IN TYPE,
                                       DAMAGE-DESTROYED    OT-  0  0  0                            NOT INSTRUMENT RATED.
        NAME OF AIRPORT - HESPERIA
        TYPE OF ACCIDENT                                         PHASE OF OPERATION
           STALL: SPIN                                              IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS
        PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
           PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED
         FIRE AFTER IMPACT
        REMARKS- PILOT DID NOT WEAR PARACHUTE DURING FLIGHT.AIRCRAFT STRUCK GRD IN INVERTED FLAT SPIN.
```

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N314M](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N314M-1971-05-27), registration cancelled 1971-05-27, S/N SPS-1, built 1966 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PITTS SPL S-1C
- Registry model: [Pitts Special S-1C](https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-special-s-1c) (registry code 72202ST) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Hesperia

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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