- Date
- May 20, 1973
- Place
- Versailles, OH · VERSAILLES, OH
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11PLPitts SPL SC-1
- Status
- Completed · report June 26, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730520013109A
- Case key
- 190430
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1381 73/5/20 VERSAILLES,OHIO PITTS SPL SC-1 CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS PRIVATE, AGE 37, 527 TIME - 1630 N11PL PX- 0 0 0 TEST TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DRAKE COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION VERSAILLES,OHIO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- UNINTENTIONAL LIFT-OFF DURING HI-SPEED TAXI TEST.NEW AIRCRAFT,NO FLIGHT TIME.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11PL
- Reported as
- Pitts SPL SC-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Drake County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.