- Date
- September 29, 1976
- Place
- Prescott, AZ · PRESCOTT, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9RSPitts Spcl SIS
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760929033749A
- Case key
- 149765
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3249 76/9/29 NR.PRESCOTT,AZ PITTS SPCL SIS CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1820 N9RS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 41, 9000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PRESCOTT,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- PILOT FAILED TO USE PARACHUTE IN SUFFICENT TIME. RECENTLY PURCHASED ACFT, UN TO RECOVER FM SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9RS
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl SIS
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N9RSRegistration cancelled Jan 18, 1977 · Dearing-Pitts Special S1-SAirframe modelDearing-Pitts Special S1-S
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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.
Other investigations on N9RS · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.