# NTSB SEA70F0049: Pitts JC-1, N68652, Tacoma, WA, July 4, 1969

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Fatal · Closed
- Date: July 4, 1969
- Place: Tacoma, WA · TACOMA, WA
- Location: 47.2529° N, 122.4443° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Tacoma, WA, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=47.2529&lon=-122.4443&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Maneuvering](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/450) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Fatal
- Injuries: 1 fatal
- Status: Completed, report February 17, 1970
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 165937
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=SEA70F0049
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/SEA70F0049

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N68652-1970-06-24), registration cancelled 1970-06-24, S/N JC-1 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PITTS JC-1
- Registry model: [Pitts Deviation JIMCHUCK 1](https://openairdocs.org/model/pitts-deviation-jimchuck-1) (registry code 72202NM) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Destroyed
- Airport: So.Tacoma Airpark

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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