# NTSB MIA65A0079: Pitts SP-11J, N818N, Homestead, FL, February 5, 1965

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: February 5, 1965
- Place: Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Location: 25.4659° N, 80.4460° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Homestead, FL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=25.4659&lon=-80.4460&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report June 17, 1965
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 180522
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA65A0079
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA65A0079

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N818N-1965-03-04), registration cancelled 1965-03-04, S/N 11 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PITTS SP-11J
- Registry model: [Dean A. Case PITTS SPECIAL](https://openairdocs.org/model/dean-a-case-pitts-special) (registry code 72201CG) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: Pitts Airstrip

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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