- Date
- July 4, 1969
- Place
- Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N68652Pitts JC-1
- Status
- Completed · report February 17, 1970
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 165937
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3065 69/7/4 TACOMA,WASH PITTS JC-1 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1955 N68652 PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 46, 12962 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 120 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SO.TACOMA AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PUYALLUP,WASH PUYALLUP,WASH TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: LOW PASS COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: UNCONTROLLED DESCENT PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - AIRCRAFT CAME TO REST IN WATER PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE REMARKS- OBSERVERS REPT ENG AT FAST IDLE. AILERON TORQUE TUBE EAR BELIEVED BROKEN PRIOR TO IMPACT.ACFT SANK
Aircraft
- Registration
- N68652
- Reported as
- Pitts JC-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- So.Tacoma Airpark
N68652Registration cancelled Jun 24, 1970 · Pitts Deviation JIMCHUCK 1Airframe modelPitts Deviation JIMCHUCK 1
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