- Date
- March 12, 1977
- Place
- Ft.Lauderdale, FL · FT.LAUDERDALE, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N23WBPitts S2A
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770312011279A
- Case key
- 157756
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2552 77/3/12 FT.LAUDERDALE,FL PITTS S2A CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 1300 TIME - 1400 N23WB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FT.LAUDERDALE,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER REMARKS- AIRCRAFT ENTERED INVERTED SPIN AT ABOUT 2000 FT.PILOT'S LICENSE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN SUSPENDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N23WB
- Reported as
- Pitts S2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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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.