Pitts Spcl S1S N751BF

14 August 1979 · Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, United States · Fatal

Summary

On 14 August 1979 at about 17:43 local time, a Pitts Spcl S1S registered N751BF was involved in an accident during the takeoff phase of flight near Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, 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: 14 August 1979 at 17:43
Classification: Accident
Location: Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, United States
Nearest airport: Camp Douglas
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Pitts Spcl S1S
Registration: N751BF
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Takeoff
Route: S → Unknown
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3339

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

PLT HAD FLOWN THIS ACFT 1 TIME FOR 45MIN ABT 1YRBFR.ACFT ENTERED INVTD FLT OPPOSITE DIR AFT TKOF.

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 3-3339, 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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