- Date
- January 27, 1980
- Place
- Angola, NY · ANGOLA, NY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N55LSPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report March 11, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800127001849A
- Case key
- 131434
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0876 80/1/27 ANGOLA,NY PITTS S-1S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 25, 128 TIME - 1627 N55LS PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 42 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ANGOLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ANGOLA,NY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING
Aircraft
- Registration
- N55LS
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Angola
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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