- Date
- March 13, 1972
- Place
- Carson City, NV · CARSON CITY, NV
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2703BPitts SC-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 26, 1974
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165951
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-4154 72/3/13 CARSON CITY,NEV PITTS SC-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 31, 3599 TIME - 1010 N2703B PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CARSON CITY,NEV LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING REMARKS- DURING LOW LEVEL AEROBATICS ACFT DOVE TO GND IN VERT NOSE DWN ATT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2703B
- Reported as
- Pitts SC-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N2703BRegistration cancelled Jul 21, 2011 · Rudolph PITTS SC-1Airframe modelRudolph PITTS SC-1Engine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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Other investigations on N2703B · 1
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