- Date
- September 8, 1974
- Place
- Highgrove, CA · HIGHGROVE, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7021Pitts SPL S-1C
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19740908029859A
- Case key
- 134327
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2630 74/9/8 HIGHGROVE,CALIF PITTS SPL S-1C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 2500 TIME - UNK/NR N7021 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION RUBIDOUX,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: TREES IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH OBSTRUCTIONS MISSING AIRCRAFT - LATER RECOVERED REMARKS- DOING AEROBATICS & DISAPPEARED FROM SIGHT.ACFT WRECKAGE FOUND NEXT DAY IN AREA LAST SEEN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7021
- Reported as
- Pitts SPL S-1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7021Registration cancelled Dec 2, 2014 · Pitts Special S-1CAirframe modelPitts Special S-1CEngine modelLycoming HO-360 series
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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.