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MIA78FLG08

1978-02-11 · SPARTANBURG, South Carolina, United States · Minor · 1 aircraft · Status: Completed

N39CH has since been reassigned. It is now registered to a different aircraft (STINSON 108, built 1946), which was not involved in this event.

Aircraft involved

Historical record (pre-1982 coded fields)

Aircraft
PITTS S1-S · N39CH
Damage
Destroyed
Craft type
Airplane
Classification
Accident
Light condition
Dawn
Weather
VMC
Phase of flight
D7
Operator type
D
Airport
DOWNTOWN MEMORIAL
Kind of flying
B1

Weather at impact

Sky
CLEAR
Wind
210° / 8 kt
Temp
52° F

Aircraft history

Serial number
00000000359H
Total time
493 hrs

Pilot

Certificate
GA (GA)
Total hours
9,855
Age
41

Probable cause (from PRE1982.MDB)

MENTARY PWR LOSS.

Investigator remarks

PLT PERFORMING INVERTED SNAPROLL CLOSE TO GND MO

Cause factors

  • 74/C/KA C
    POWERPLANT POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS Cause
  • 64/B/27 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND IMPROPER IN-FLIGHT DECISIONS OR PLANNING
  • 64/B/54 B
    PILOT IN COMMAND MISJUDGED CLEARANCE
  • 88/K/14 K
    MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS UNWARRANTED LOW FLYING Joint factor

Decoded against the NTSB Form 6120.4 cause-factor codebook (ct_Pre1982 table).

Source: NTSB pre-1982 historical archive. Docket 3 0060. Source file NTSB_1978_3_0060.txt. Modern CAROL record on data.ntsb.gov ↗.

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