- Date
- December 23, 1973
- Place
- Leesburg, FL · LEESBURG, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7JPitts S1C
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19731223042989A
- Case key
- 187326
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4170 73/12/23 LEESBURG,FLA PITTS S1C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2000 TIME - 1607 N7J PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LEESBURG MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LEESBURG,FLA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- ACFT ROLLED TO INVERTED PSN ABT 250FT AGL.ALT LOST,ROLL RVRSD HIT GND BFR REACHING WING LVL FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7J
- Reported as
- Pitts S1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Leesburg Muni
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.