- Date
- September 13, 1981
- Place
- Cleveland, TN · CLEVELAND, TN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N123JCPitts S-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 10, 1982
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810913059049A
- Case key
- 123141
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3405 81/9/13 CLEVELAND,TN PITTS S-1 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1215 N123JC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 34, 7000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HARDWICK FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLEVELAND,TN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - EXERCISED POOR JUDGMENT PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- PLT HABITUALLY PERFMD SNAP ROLL AFT TKOF.WIT OBSVD 1ST SNAP ROLL THEN 2ND SLOWER ATMPT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N123JC
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Hardwick Field
N123JCRegistered now · Piper PA-28-140Airframe modelPiper PA-28-140Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.