- Date
- April 20, 1979
- Place
- Moss Landing, CA · MOSS LANDING, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8072Pitts S2A
- Status
- Completed · report June 27, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790420010489A
- Case key
- 136038
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0780 79/4/20 MOSS LANDING,CA PITTS S2A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 26, 2912 TIME - 1010 N8072 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 400 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WATSONVILLE,CA LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIN IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING REMARKS- PILOT COULD NOT RECOVER FROM INTENTIONAL INVERTED FLAT SPIN.ACFT NOT SPIN CHUTE EQUIPPED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8072
- Reported as
- Pitts S2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.