- Date
- June 17, 1979
- Place
- Southaven, MS · SOUTHAVEN, MS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N20JHPitts S1-C
- Status
- Completed · report July 23, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790617011619A
- Case key
- 136140
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
On this page
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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1030 79/6/17 SOUTHAVEN,MS PITTS S1-C CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, TIME - 1900 N20JH PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP UNK/NR TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BATESVILLE,MS SOUTHAVEN,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE,SPEED,ALTITUDE OR CLEARANCE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N20JH
- Reported as
- Pitts S1-C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N20JHRegistration cancelled May 12, 2009 · Hamm PITTS SPECIALAirframe modelHamm PITTS SPECIALEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.