- Date
- May 10, 1972
- Place
- Merced, CA · MERCED, CA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N98XPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165331
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0152 72/5/10 MERCED,CALIF PITTS S-1S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 42, 3000 TIME - 1720 N98X PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 100 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MERCED DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MERCED,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - WINGS: OTHER MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - SEPARATION IN FLIGHT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- LWR R WING DISINTEGRATED DURG LOW LVL PRACT FOR AIR SHOW,CAUSE OF MATL FAILURE NOT DETERMINED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N98X
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Merced
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