Pitts SPCL N7T

31 August 1973 · Marietta, Pennsylvania, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 31 August 1973 at about 18:30 local time, a Pitts SPCL registered N7T, operated by Seven Tango, was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Marietta, Pennsylvania, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 31 August 1973 at 18:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Marietta, Pennsylvania, United States
Nearest airport: E-Town Marietta
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Pitts SPCL
Registration: N7T
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Seven Tango
Operating rule: Flying Club
Purpose of flight: Test
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2089

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

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

BOUNCED ON TOUCHDOWN, LDG GR SPREAD ON RECOVERY.S

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2089, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Other Pitts SPCL accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
24 Jul 1971	Pitts SPCL N2163	Akron, Ohio, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
4 Oct 1975	Pitts SPCL N7T	Maytown, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	Seven Tango FL	No injuries	-
21 Jun 1970	Pitts SPCL N106KB	Monee, Illinois, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
12 Sep 1976	Pitts SPCL N94ES	El Dorado, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	1
29 Sep 1977	Pitts SPCL N2232	Franklin, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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