- Date
- September 9, 1973
- Place
- Homestead, FL · HOMESTEAD, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N22XPPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report May 10, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730909034059A
- Case key
- 187770
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4122 73/9/9 HOMESTEAD,FLA PITTS S-1S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 34, 2200 TIME - 1530 N22XP PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, ALL IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CURTIS PITTS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOMESTEAD,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- PLT ATMTD PULL OUT AT LOW ALT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22XP
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Curtis Pitts
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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