- Date
- February 5, 1972
- Place
- Stockbridge, GA · STOCKBRIDGE, GA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N75357Stits SA3A
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165176
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0301 72/2/5 STOCKBRIDGE,GA STITS SA3A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 346 TIME - 1740 N75357 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BERRY HILL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION STOCKBRIDGE,GA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- LND IN PASTURE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75357
- Reported as
- Stits SA3A
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Berry Hill
N75357Registration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Stits Playboy SA3AAirframe modelStits Playboy SA3AEngine modelContinental A&C65 series
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.