- Date
- May 26, 1980
- Place
- Oakland, TN · OAKLAND, TN
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N99MSPitts S1A
- Status
- Completed · report June 23, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800526015659A
- Case key
- 136355
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0661 80/5/26 NR.OAKLAND,TN PITTS S1A CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1930 N99MS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 28, 1212 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 25 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ARLINGTON,TN NEW ALBANY,MS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: DITCHES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING PILOT IN COMMAND - MISMANAGEMENT OF FUEL MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL EXHAUSTION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ATTMPTD LANDING UNDER PWRLNE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N99MS
- Reported as
- Pitts S1A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
N99MSRegistration cancelled May 17, 1983 · Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1SAirframe modelAerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.