# NTSB OAK70FVM22: Pitts Spcl S1-S, N5891, Hollister, CA, June 14, 1970

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: June 14, 1970
- Place: Hollister, CA · HOLLISTER, CA
- Location: 36.8556° N, 121.3995° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Hollister, CA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8556&lon=-121.3995&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Enroute](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/400) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report September 22, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 126630
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=OAK70FVM22
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/OAK70FVM22

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PITTS SPCL S1-S
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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