Pitts Spcl S1-S N5891
14 June 1970 · Hollister, California, United States · Fatal
Summary
On 14 June 1970 at about 13:00 local time, a Pitts Spcl S1-S registered N5891 was involved in an accident during in flight near Hollister, California, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.
The record
- Date
- at 13:00
- Classification
- Accident
- Location
- Hollister, California, United States
- Coordinates
- Not recorded
- Aircraft
- Pitts Spcl S1-S
- Registration
- N5891
- Category
- Fixed-Wing
- Engines
- 1
- Operator
- Not recorded
- Operating rule
- Private Owner
- Purpose of flight
- Air Show/Air Racing
- Phase of flight
- In Flight
- Route
- S → Local
- Aircraft damage
- Destroyed
- Weather
- VMC
- Light
- Daylight
- NTSB number
- 3-0947
People
1 person died.
| On board | Died | Serious | Minor | Uninjured |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Probable cause
The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.
Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.
Read the full NTSB narrative
ENTERED SPIN FROM PRACTICE WHIP STALL. PLT-UNABLE TO RECOVER FROM INVERTED SPIN.
Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.
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