- Date
- October 4, 1975
- Place
- Maytown, PA · MAYTOWN, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N7TPitts Spcl
- Status
- Completed · report March 2, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19751004035969A
- Case key
- 151350
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4082 75/10/4 MAYTOWN,PA PITTS SPCL CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 54, 3048 TIME - 1130 N7T PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 5 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - E-TOWN MARIETTA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MAYTOWN,PA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY LOADED AIRCRAFT-WEIGHT-AND/OR C.G. REMARKS- DRG INVTD FLT ACFT ENTRD INVTD FLAT SPIN FM WHICH THE PLT WAS UN TO RCVR.ACFT OUT REAR C/G 1.34 IN
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7T
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- E-Town Marietta
N7TRegistration cancelled Dec 22, 1975 · Mac Taggart Craig H PITTS SPECIAL S-1Airframe modelMac Taggart Craig H PITTS SPECIAL S-1
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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.
Other investigations on N7T · 1
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