- Date
- December 18, 1978
- Place
- Panama City, FL · PANAMA CITY, FL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N4GPPitts S-1
- Status
- Completed · report January 31, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19781218039949A
- Case key
- 139221
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3635 78/12/18 NR.PANAMA CITY,FL PITTS S-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 819 TIME - UNK/NR N4GP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 558 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PANAMA CITY,FL UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4GP
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1
- 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.