- Date
- September 4, 1972
- Place
- Osceola, WI · OSCEOLA, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N51ACPitts SPL S1C
- Status
- Completed · report March 21, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168331
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3354 72/9/4 OSCEOLA,WIS PITTS SPL S1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 165 TIME - 1020 N51AC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 46 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OSCEOLA MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WHITE BEAR LK,MINN OSCEOLA,WIS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER RECOVERY FROM BOUNCED LANDING PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N51AC
- Reported as
- Pitts SPL S1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Osceola Muni
N51ACRegistration cancelled Mar 25, 2013 · Pitts S-1CAirframe modelPitts S-1CEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.