Pitts Spcl S1C N8L

5 December 1965 · Sunland Pk N Mex, New Mexico, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 5 December 1965 at about 09:30 local time, a Pitts Spcl S1C registered N8L was involved in an accident during the landing phase of flight near Sunland Pk N Mex, New Mexico, 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: 5 December 1965 at 09:30
Classification: Accident
Location: Sunland Pk N Mex, New Mexico, United States
Nearest airport: Sunland Park
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Pitts Spcl S1C
Registration: N8L
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: Landing
Aircraft damage: Substantial
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-3523

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.

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 3-3523, 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 S1C accidents

Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
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 Jan 1974	Pitts Spcl S1C N1XX	Burbank, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
22 Aug 1975	Pitts Spcl S1C N18CB	Lompoc, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-

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