- Date
- October 20, 1968
- Place
- Tampa, FL · TAMPA, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N6969Pitts S1C
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1968
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 107988
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3741 68/10/20 TAMPA,FLA PITTS S1C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 22, 230 TIME - 1130 N6969 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 11 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - PETER O KNIGHT TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES REPORTED ACFT IN STEEP CLIMB, ROLL AND SPIN.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N6969
- Reported as
- Pitts S1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Peter O Knight
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