# Accident 20150422005799A: Kilroy James PITTS MODEL 12, Lagrange, GA, April 22, 2015

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: April 22, 2015, 13:45 local time
- Place: Lagrange, GA
- Airport: Lagrange-Callaway
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 32.9994° N, 85.0622° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=32.9994&lon=-85.0622&mi=10
- Aircraft: N488WT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N488WT-2021-04-03) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Kilroy James PITTS MODEL 12 (registry code 05612I9, https://openairdocs.org/model/kilroy-james-pitts-model-12) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: KILROY JAMES PITTS MODEL 12
- Reported engine: VENDENYEV M14
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Private pilot
- Pilot flight hours: 500 total, 50 in this make and model, 20 in the last 90 days
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA15LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA197) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20150422005799A

## Narrative

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

AFTER DEPARTURE AT APPROXIMATELY 3500 FT AGL, THE AIRCRAFT LOST POWER FOR AN UNKNOWN REASON. THE PILOT ATTEMPTED TO  RETURN TO THE AIRPORT BUT STRUCK THE GROUND APPROXIMATELY 500 YARDS SOUTH OF RUNWAY 31. THE AIRCRAFT SUSTAINED MAJOR DAMAGE. THERE WAS NO POST-CRASH FIRE.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA15LA197](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA15LA197), Apr 22, 2015: James Kilroy Pitts Model 12 (N488WT), LaGrange, GA, substantial damage. Probable cause: A partial loss of engine power after takeoff for reasons that could not be determined because postaccident examination of the airframe and engine did not reveal any anomalies that would have…

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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