- Date
- June 14, 1970
- Place
- Hollister, CA · HOLLISTER, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N5891Pitts Spcl S1-S
- Status
- Completed · report September 22, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 126630
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0947 70/6/14 HOLLISTER,CALIF PITTS SPCL S1-S CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 4335 TIME - 1300 N5891 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, 135 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HOLLISTER,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PLT-UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM INVERTED SPIN. REMARKS- ENTERED SPIN FROM PRACTICE WHIP STALL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5891
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl S1-S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed