- Date
- November 8, 1983, 15:10 local (23:10 UTC)
- Place
- Elk Grove, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N700MEAerotek Pitts S-2B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831108056549A
- Case key
- 23905
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
During an aerobatic flt, the plt-in-command was asked to demonstrate recovery from an inverted flat spin. The maneuver was initiated at aprx 5000 ft. after the acft made aprx 3/4 of an inverted turn, it rolled upright as the PIC started to 'feed in throttle.' He retarded the thottle, held forward stick & right rudder & the acft rolled inverted again. Again, power was applied & the plane rolled upright again & 'wound up tight.' Reportedly, the PIC retarded the power & applied opposite rudder, but was unable to stop the spin, which was to the left & between a normal & flat spin attitude. At aprx 2000 ft, the PIC ordered a bailout, but the 2nd plt remained in the acft. Finally, the PIC bailed out at aprx 500 ft & was seriously injured. The acft stopped rotating just prior to impacting the ground in a nose down, wings levelattitude. To rcvr from a flat, upright, left spin, the proceduring was: throttle - idle, stick - full left to force the inside wing down, hold until a normal spin develops, then rcvr from normal spin; expect 2500 ft alt loss during rcvry.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N700ME
- Reported as
- Aerotek Pitts S-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5007
- Airframe hours
- 128
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-540-H, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Vernon S. Dallman
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Departed
- SAC · Sacramento, CA
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Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 55
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 7,262 total · 128 in this make and model · 7,183 as pilot in command · 61 in the last 90 days · 12 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 160° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 35 statute miles
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAC, 10 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.