# Accident 20000727015519A: Bohner Phillip W PITTS MODEL 12, Neosho, MO, July 27, 2000

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 27, 2000, 17:00 local time
- Place: Neosho, MO
- Airport: Neosho Memorial Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 36.8455° N, 94.3764° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Neosho, MO, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.8455&lon=-94.3764&mi=10
- Aircraft: N811WS, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N811WS-2003-06-11) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bohner Phillip W PITTS MODEL 12 (registry code 056090L, https://openairdocs.org/model/bohner-phillip-w-pitts-model-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Fatal injuries: 0
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20000727015519A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23) THE PILOT AND A MECHANIC HAD COMPLETED A BRIEF TEST FLIGHT OF A NEWLY-CONSTRUCTED PITTS MODEL 12 AND RETURNED TO THE NEOSHO HIGH ROBINSON AIRPORT (EOS) TO FURTHER CHECK HANDLING QUALITIES. THE AIRPLANE WAS FLOWN DOWN RWY 19 AT APPROX. 800 FEET AGL WITH THE INTENTION TO REMAIN IN THE TRAFFIC PATTERN AND LAND. APPROX. THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN THE RWY, THERE WAS A LOUD "POP" FOLLOWED BY SMOKE, VIBRATION, AND LACK OF ENGINE POWER. A FARM FIELD WAS HASTILY SELECTED FOR AN OFF-AIRPORT LANDING, AS ALTITUDE WAS INSUFFICIENT TO SET UP AN APPROACH BACK TO THE AIRPORT. ON ROLLOUT, THE AIRPLANE STRUCK ONE OF NUMEROUS BALES OF HAY AND FLIPPED INVERTED, TRAPPING THE OCCUPANTS. A WITNESS CAME TO THEIR ASSISTANCE AND AIDED IN REMOVING THEM FROM THE AIRPLANE. THE AIRPLANE WAS SUBSTANTIALLY DAMAGED AND THE OCCUPANTS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES.

## NTSB investigation

None matched to this report by aircraft and date. Search the NTSB's own records: https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-main-public/basic-search

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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