Date:	Sunday 16 December 1973
Time:	12:45
Type:	Pitts S-2A
Owner/operator:	Private
Registration:	N80029
MSN:
Fatalities:	Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 2
Other fatalities:	0
Aircraft damage:	Destroyed
Category:	Accident
Location:	Letohatchee, Lowndes County, S of Mongomery, Alabama -   United States of America
Phase:	Manoeuvring (airshow, firefighting, ag.ops.)
Nature:	Training
Departure airport:	Montgomery, Alabama
Destination airport:	Local
Investigating agency:	NTSB
Confidence Rating:	Accident investigation report completed and information captured

Narrative:
Written off (destroyed) December 16, 1973: crashed at Letohatchee, Lowndes Couty, South of Montgomery, Alabama after stalling and failing to recover from a spin during aerobatics practice. Both person on board (pilot and one passenger) were killed. According to the official NTSB report into the accident:

"PROBABLE CAUSE(S)
PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS
REMARKS- INTENTIONAL SPIN; PILOT DID NOT WAIT LONG ENOUGH WITH RECOVERY CONTROLS. GR DUG INTO GROUND DURING RECOVERY."

1. NTSB Identification: MIA74DKJ35 at https://www.ntsb.gov/_layouts/ntsb.aviation/brief.aspx?ev_id=83920&key=0
2. FAA: http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?NNumbertxt=80029
3. http://planecrashmap.com/list/al/

Date/time	Contributor	Updates
20-Mar-2017 02:19	Dr.John Smith	Updated [Location, Nature, Departure airport, Source, Narrative, ]