- Date
- April 5, 1977
- Place
- Bisbee, AZ · BISBEE, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8157Stits SA-3A
- Status
- Completed · report June 3, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770405009299A
- Case key
- 157467
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0779 77/4/5 BISBEE,AZ STITS SA-3A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 890 TIME - 1650 N8157 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BISBEE,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- LOW LEVEL ACROBATIC MANEUVER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8157
- Reported as
- Stits SA-3A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N8157Registration cancelled Jun 23, 1977 · Lachance-Stits Playboy SA3AAirframe modelLachance-Stits Playboy SA3A
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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.