- Date
- October 31, 1981
- Place
- Tracy, CA · TRACY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7758CStits SA3A
- Status
- Completed · report January 19, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811031085489A
- Case key
- 122987
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3155 81/10/31 NR.TRACY,CA STITS SA3A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1094 TIME - 1230 N7758C PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 29 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HAYWARD,CA TRACY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXCEEDED DESIGNED STRESS LIMITS OF AIRCRAFT FACTOR(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: SPARS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT REMARKS- LEFT WING SEPD OUTBOARD OF STRUT AFT ACFT OBSD IN ROLLING MNVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7758C
- Reported as
- Stits SA3A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N7758CRegistration cancelled Oct 24, 2013 · Stits Playboy SA3AAirframe modelStits Playboy SA3AEngine modelContinental C85 series
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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.