- Date
- October 24, 1987, 14:30 local (18:30 UTC)
- Place
- Ramseur, NC
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N44LHPitts S2A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report February 24, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871024065969A
- Case key
- 7667
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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.
Analysis
The pilot lost directional control while making a normal landing. The pilot did not report a mechanical problem. The ground loop cause substantial damage to the aircraft's undercarriage.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N44LH
- Reported as
- Pitts S2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2168
- Airframe hours
- 600
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Jeffrey W. White
- Registered owner
- Jeffrey White
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- W66 · Midland, VA
- Airport
- NC13 · York, runway 18, 3,000 × 100 ft, grass/turf
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
- Age
- 30
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 310 total · 60 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N44LH · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.