- Date
- July 20, 1975
- Place
- Gilberts, IL · GILBERTS, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76NZPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1975
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 150199
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2331 75/7/20 GILBERTS,IL PITTS S-1S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 29, 712 TIME - 1045 N76NZ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 108 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HUNTLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ELGIN,IL GILBERTS,IL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: OBJECT LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER COMPENSATION FOR WIND CONDITIONS PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- ACFT DRIFTED TOO CLOSE TO R SIDE OF RWY.DRG LNDG ROLL LWR R WING STRUCK TALL WEEDS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76NZ
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Huntley
N76NZRegistration cancelled Sep 16, 1976 · Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1SAirframe modelAerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S
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.