# NTSB CHI72FEV11: Pitts Spec. SC-1, N230K, Smithfield, IL, August 15, 1971

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Closed
- Date: August 15, 1971
- Place: Smithfield, IL · SMITHFIELD, IL
- Location: 40.4744° N, 90.2949° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Smithfield, IL, within about 6 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=40.4744&lon=-90.2949&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed, report March 31, 1972
- Report: Brief approved by the director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 162804
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI72FEV11
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI72FEV11

## NTSB brief

```
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 FILE    DATE          LOCATION          AIRCRAFT DATA       INJURIES       FLIGHT                        PILOT DATA
                                                               F  S M/N     PURPOSE
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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 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: PITTS SPEC. SC-1
- Category: Airplane
- Engines: reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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