- Date
- December 8, 1982, 15:18 local (20:18 UTC)
- Place
- London, KY
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2148Pitts Special 51C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 8, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821208062929A
- Case key
- 71471
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Landing gear,tailwheel assembly - failure,partialCause
Ground loop/swerve - inadvertentCause
Analysis
The aircraft ground looped during landing. Investigation revealed there was slight crosswind and the tail wheel steering spring failed.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2148
- Reported as
- Pitts Special 51C (SPECIAL 51)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 360
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320-A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Vincent Kelgen
- Registered owner
- Ronald Fagen
- Departed
- SMS · Sumter, SC
- Destination
- SMS · Sumter, SC
- Airport
- LOZ · London-Corbin
N2148Registration cancelled Aug 19, 2013 · Huges Pitts Special S-1CAirframe modelHuges Pitts Special S-1CEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 260° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.