- Date
- March 25, 1980
- Place
- Frazier Park, CA · FRAZIER PARK, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7JYPitts 6-260
- Status
- Completed · report April 22, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800325006969A
- Case key
- 131787
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0297 80/3/25 NR.FRAZIER PARK,CA PITTS 6-260 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 35, 613 TIME - 1435 N7JY PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 163 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION COMPTON,CA DELANO,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - CONTINUED VFR FLIGHT INTO ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-WINDSHIELD FACTOR(S) WEATHER - SNOW WEATHER - ICING CONDITIONS-INCLUDES SLEET,FREEZING RAIN,ETC. WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - BRIEFED BY FLIGHT SERVICE PERSONNEL, BY RADIO WEATHER FORECAST - WEATHER SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN FORECAST EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - ADVERSE/UNFAVORABLE WEATHER SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED 700 VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 1/2 MILE OR LESS SNOW OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F BLOWING SNOW 30 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS 270 IFR TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN NONE REMARKS- ACFT OBSD CIRCLING BFR ACCIDENT.WINDSHIELD COVERED WITH 1/2IN ICE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7JY
- Reported as
- Pitts 6-260
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7JYRegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2014 · Young James R PITTS SPECIAL S1XAirframe modelYoung James R PITTS SPECIAL S1XEngine modelLycoming 0-540 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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