- Date
- November 13, 1981
- Place
- Oak Grove, MO · OAK GROVE, MO
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N77LBPitts SPL
- Status
- Completed · report January 18, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19811113073899A
- Case key
- 123088
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3176 81/11/13 NR.OAK GROVE,MO PITTS SPL CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1243 N77LB PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 52, 3600 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION INDEPENDENCE,MO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FIRE AFTER IMPACT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77LB
- Reported as
- Pitts SPL
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N77LB · 1
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