- Date
- October 30, 1977
- Place
- Manzanar, CA · MANZANAR, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7BPitts Specl
- Status
- Completed · report January 11, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19771030037389A
- Case key
- 144700
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3658 77/10/30 MANZANAR,CA PITTS SPECL CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 61, 1572 TIME - 0930 N7B PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MANZANAR DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LONE PINE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- MANZANAR APRT ABANDONED,RWY CRACKED AND ROUGH.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7B
- Reported as
- Pitts Specl
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Manzanar
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.