- Date
- June 10, 1977
- Place
- Forrest Grove, OR · FORREST GROVE, OR
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N8444Pitts S1
- Status
- Completed · report September 9, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770610021939A
- Case key
- 147259
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2081 77/6/10 FORREST GROVE,OR PITTS S1 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0855 N8444 PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION AGE 54, 13318 TOTAL DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 HOURS, 56 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION HILLSBORO,OR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE REMARKS- AEROBATIC COMPETENCY TEST.ENTERED SPIN AFTER HAMMERHEAD STALL.ROTATION STOPPED,RCVRY NOT COMPLETED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8444
- Reported as
- Pitts S1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hillsboro
N8444Registration cancelled Aug 3, 1977 · Elwood PITTS SPECIAL S-IAirframe modelElwood PITTS SPECIAL S-I
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.