- Date
- September 13, 1972
- Place
- Tracey, CA · TRACEY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8LPitts Spec S-1C
- Status
- Completed · report March 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168256
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3564 72/9/13 TRACEY,CALIF PITTS SPEC S-1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 36, 1015 TIME - 1210 N8L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - TRACEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TRACEY,CALIF LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8L
- Reported as
- Pitts Spec S-1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Tracey
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.