- Date
- July 3, 1982, 17:50 local (Jul 4, 1982, 00:50 UTC)
- Place
- Fallbrook, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6HAPitts S1-S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 3, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19820703027509A
- Case key
- 70665
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
Witness statements varied widely in the description of the accident. One witness stated the acft appeared to do a fast & tight barrell roll after reaching approximately 50-70 ft AGL. Another witness observed the acft take off at an unusually high angle, then seemed to go very erratic. Another witness stated the acft made a normal takeoff to approximately 200 ft AGL, then pitched down abruptly to the right.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6HA
- Reported as
- Pitts S1-S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- ACA4A
- Airframe hours
- 126
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 160 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Fallbrook Air Service
- Registered owner
- Harry L. Aberle
- Departed
- L18 · Fallbrook, CA
- Destination
- L18 · Fallbrook, CA
- Airport
- L18 · Fallbrook Community, runway 18, 2,165 × 100 ft, macadam
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 45
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 15,883 total · 113 in this make and model · 161 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Temperature
- 158 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.