- Date
- May 7, 1980
- Place
- Olathe, KS · OLATHE, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N22ELPitts S2S
- Status
- Completed · report June 25, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Safety recommendations
- Yes
- FAA report
- 19800507012509A
- Case key
- 80084
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1207 80/5/7 NR.OLATHE,KS PITTS S2S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 44, 1324 TIME - 1930 N22EL PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 366 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR AIR PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLATHE,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PERFORMING SERIES OF HIGH G MANEUVERS,NEG & POS.CMPLTD 19 OF 25,ENTERED GENTLE GLIDE,STEEPENED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22EL
- Reported as
- Pitts S2S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Cedar Air Park
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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.