- Date
- May 29, 2026, 12:30 local (17:30 UTC)
- Place
- Bartlesville, OK
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11JPPitts Special S-1S
- Defining event
- Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 30, 2026
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Investigation class
- Class 4 - Basic report with no Prelim publish
- NTSB office
- Central Region
- Parties
- FAA
- FAA report
- 20260529004879A
- Case key
- 203081
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Probable cause
The pilot’s failure to maintain control during the landing rollout and subsequent aborted landing.
Findings · 2
NTSB’s coded findings. Those marked are part of the probable cause; the rest are factors or other findings. Under each, the cases with the same finding.
Sequence of events
The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event is the one that best describes the accident. Under each, the cases with the same event anywhere in their sequence.
Analysis
The pilot reported that after touchdown the airplane swerved to the left, he over-corrected, and the plane swerved left again, so he applied power for a go-around. While airborne, the airplane was in a 10 to 15° right bank and the lower right wing impacted a runway sign. The airplane then impacted a grassy area on its right side and both right wings sustained substantial damage. The pilot reported that there were no preaccident mechanical malfunctions or failures with the airplane that would have precluded normal operation.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11JP
- Reported as
- Pitts Special S-1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 676-H
- Built
- 1981
- Airframe hours
- 420.8
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental light sport (Special)
- Last inspection
- Condition · March 3, 2026
- Airport
- BVO · Bartlesville Municipal Airport, runway 35, 6,850 × 100 ft, concrete
- Equipment
- Satellite tracking device
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
- 65
- Injuries
- None
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, With waivers/limitations
- Seat
- Single
- Restraint
- 3-point
- Flight hours
- 2,300 as pilot in command · 29.5 in the last 90 days · 12.1 in the last 30 days · 1.5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 170° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,300 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 75 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.94 inHg
- Observed at
- KBVO
- METAR
- METAR KBVO 291653Z AUTO 17004KT 10SM OVC013 24/21 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP127 T02440211
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.