Pitts Spcl S1C N18CB

22 August 1975 · Lompoc, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 22 August 1975 at about 19:00 local time, a Pitts Spcl S1C registered N18CB was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Lompoc, California, 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: 22 August 1975 at 19:00
Classification: Accident
Location: Lompoc, California, United States
Nearest airport: Lompoc
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Pitts Spcl S1C
Registration: N18CB
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Route: S → Local
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Dusk
NTSB number: 3-2218

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

PITTS LND ON CESSNA'S TAIL. UNCONTROLLED ARPT.

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 3-2218, 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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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
5 Jan 1974	Pitts Spcl S1C N1XX	Burbank, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
30 Aug 1971	Pitts Spcl S1C N11MA	Cushing, Oklahoma, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
31 Oct 1971	Pitts Spcl S1C N505Q	Torrance, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 Jul 1971	Pitts Spcl S1C N111JM	West Helena, Arkansas, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-
5 Dec 1965	Pitts Spcl S1C N8L	Sunland Pk N Mex, New Mexico, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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