- Date
- February 5, 1965
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N818NPitts SP-11J
- Status
- Completed · report June 17, 1965
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 180522
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2-0196 65/2/5 NR.HOMESTEAD FLA PITTS SP-11J CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1030 N818N PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 41, 8600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PITTS AIRSTRIP TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INCAPACITATION FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PILOT INCAPACITATION COULD HAVE BEEN HEART OR LIVER ATTACK NEITHER WAS CONCLUSIVE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N818N
- Reported as
- Pitts SP-11J
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Pitts Airstrip
N818NRegistration cancelled Mar 4, 1965 · Dean A. Case PITTS SPECIALAirframe modelDean A. Case PITTS SPECIAL
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.