- Date
- February 11, 1978
- Place
- Spartanburg, SC · SPARTANBURG, SC
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N39CHPitts S1-S
- Status
- Completed · report March 7, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780211001219A
- Case key
- 143618
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0060 78/2/11 SPARTANBURG,SC PITTS S1-S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1458 N39CH PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 41, 9855 TOTAL HOURS, 400 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DOWNTOWN MEMORIAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SPARTANBURG,SC LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT PERFORMING INVERTED SNAPROLL CLOSE TO GND MOMENTARY PWR LOSS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39CH
- Reported as
- Pitts S1-S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Downtown Memorial
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.