- Date
- August 15, 1971
- Place
- Smithfield, IL · SMITHFIELD, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N230KPitts Spec. SC-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 31, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162804
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3028 71/8/15 SMITHFIELD,ILL PITTS SPEC. SC-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1630 N230K PX- 0 0 0 BUSINESS AGE 41, 3000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 495 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION PEKIN,ILL FORT MADISON,IOWA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN REMARKS- PLT SAW ACFT CRASH IN AREA.LANDED TO RENDER ASSISTANCE TO DOWNED ACFT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N230K
- Reported as
- Pitts Spec. SC-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage