# NTSB LAX80FVA27: Pitts 6-260, N7JY, Frazier Park, CA, March 25, 1980

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: March 25, 1980
- Place: Frazier Park, CA · FRAZIER PARK, CA
- Location: 34.8142° N, 118.9550° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Frazier Park, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=34.8142&lon=-118.9550&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report April 22, 1980
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 131787
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX80FVA27
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX80FVA27

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N7JY-2014-11-13), registration cancelled 2014-11-13, S/N 1, built 1979 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PITTS 6-260
- Registry model: [Young James R PITTS SPECIAL S1X](https://openairdocs.org/model/young-james-r-pitts-special-s1x) (registry code 7221302) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming 0-540 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-0-540-series) (registry code 41532, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

## FAA reports on this event (1)

The FAA's own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19800325006969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19800325006969A), Mar 25, 1980: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS2S, Frazier Park, CA, Substantial damage. Flew into area of low ceiling & snow-showers in mountain terrain. Airplane stalled in a low altitude turn.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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