- Date
- July 30, 1970
- Place
- Pontiac, MI · PONTIAC, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N161YPitts Specl S-1CBD
- Status
- Completed · report June 5, 1971
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 111097
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3247 70/7/30 PONTIAC,MICH PITTS SPECL S-1CBD CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1830 N161Y PX- 0 0 0 TEST AGE 48, 2274 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OAKLAND-PONTIAC DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PONTIAC,MICH LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FILTERS,STRAINERS,SCREENS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LEAK/LEAKAGE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- 1ST TEST FLT.AIR ENTERED FUEL LINE THRU FUEL FILTER,AC TYPE GF-62-M,CAUSED PWR LOSS.LND BEYOND RWY
Aircraft
- Registration
- N161Y
- Reported as
- Pitts Specl S-1CBD
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Oakland-Pontiac
N161YRegistration cancelled Jun 11, 1975 · Drum Burnell N PITTS S1-CAirframe modelDrum Burnell N PITTS S1-C
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.
Other investigations on N161Y · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.