Stits SA-3A PLAYBOY N434K

Summary

On 2 June 1990 at about 21:30 local time, a Stits SA-3A PLAYBOY registered N434K was involved in an accident near Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States. One person was on board and one died. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

Date

2 June 1990 at 21:30

Classification

Accident

Location

Bartlesville, Oklahoma, United States

Nearest airport

Frank Phillips (BVO)

Coordinates

Not recorded

Aircraft

Stits SA-3A PLAYBOY

Registration

N434K

Category

Airplane

Engines

1

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Part 91: General Aviation

Purpose of flight

Personal

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Tulsa

Aircraft damage

Destroyed

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

FTW90DPJ06

1 person died.

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

WITNESSES IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND OBSERVED THE AIRPLANE TAKE OFF AND BEGIN A SHARP LEFT CLIMBING TURN AT ABOUT 200 FEET AGL. THE AIRPLANE STALLED, AND IMPACTED IN A NEAR VERTICAL ATTITUDE. ONE WITNESS OBSERVED ONE TURN BEFORE IMPACT. ANOTHER WITNESS REPORTED SEEING RUDDER INPUT PRIOR TO GROUND CONTACT. MOST OF THE PILOT'S FLIGHT TIME WAS LOGGED PRIOR TO 1971. IN THE SUMMER OF 1988 HE GOT N434K RECERTIFIED, WHICH WAS BUILT BY THE PILOT IN 1957, AND OBTAINED A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE. RECORDS DID NOT INDICATE ANY FLIGHT ACTIVITY SINCE 9/20/89, ALTHOUGH IT WAS REPORTED HE HAD FLOWN TWO LOCAL FLIGHTS DURING THE LAST 90 DAYS.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.