- Date
- May 5, 1974
- Place
- Rubidoux, CA · RUBIDOUX, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N431SStits SA-3A
- Status
- Completed · report June 20, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740505013709A
- Case key
- 124405
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1088 74/5/5 RUBIDOUX,CALIF STITS SA-3A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 27, 73 TOTAL TIME - 1540 N431S PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, NOT DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - RIVERSIDE FLABOB DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RUBIDOUX,CALIF SAN DIEGO,CALIF TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT KNEW CG BEYOND AFT LIMITS.OBS IN ERRACTIC CLIMB OUT BFOR SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N431S
- Reported as
- Stits SA-3A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Riverside Flabob
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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.