Pitts Spcl S-1 N4EW

22 January 1978 · Newnan, Georgia, United States · Serious injuries

Summary

On 22 January 1978 at about 13:45 local time, a Pitts Spcl S-1 registered N4EW was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Newnan, Georgia, United States. One person was on board and one was seriously injured. The aircraft was substantially damaged. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 22 January 1978 at 13:45
Classification: Accident
Location: Newnan, Georgia, United States
Nearest airport: Cowetta County
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Pitts Spcl S-1
Registration: N4EW
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: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-1234

People

1 person was seriously injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	1	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.

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 3-1234, 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 S-1 accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
7 Oct 1976	Pitts Spcl S-1 N2439	Fort Worth, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
11 May 1976	Pitts Spcl S-1 N4WA	Angels Camp, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
24 Jul 1974	Pitts Spcl S-1 N1552	Torrance, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Jun 1974	Pitts Spcl S-1 N12DK	Mojave, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
29 May 1972	Pitts Spcl S-1 N513W	Derry, Pennsylvania, United States no coordinates	-	Minor injuries	-

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3 Jun 1978	Cessna 310Q N7600Q	Destin, Florida, United States no coordinates	Araguel Sander	No injuries	-
29 Apr 1978	Beechcraft S-35 N7971K	Audubon, Iowa, United States no coordinates	-	Fatal	5
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11 Aug 1978	Bell 47G4A N473FW	New Rochelle, New York, United States no coordinates	Island Helicop	No injuries	-
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