- Date
- August 12, 1970
- Place
- Santa Cruz, CA · SANTA CRUZ, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8LPitts S1C
- Status
- Completed · report June 7, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 185274
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3320 70/8/12 SANTA CRUZ,CALIF PITTS S1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 928 TIME - 1730 N8L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 320 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SKYPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SANTA CRUZ,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE REMARKS- PRACTICE FOR AIR SHOW.ATMTD SLOW ROLL IMMEDIATELY AFTER TKOF.HIT GRND WHILE IN INVERTED LVL FLT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8L
- Reported as
- Pitts S1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Skypark
N8LRegistered now · Pitts Special S-1CAirframe modelPitts Special S-1CEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N8L · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.