- Date
- June 20, 1977
- Place
- Lockport, IL · LOCKPORT, IL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2RLPitts S1
- Status
- Completed · report November 17, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770620019959A
- Case key
- 147293
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2598 77/6/20 NR.LOCKPORT,IL PITTS S1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 41, 767 TIME - 1930 N2RL PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 430 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LOCKPORT,IL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - ATTEMPTED OPERATION W/KNOWN DEFICIENCIES IN EQUIPMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG QUIT DRG TAILSLIDE FRM TORQUE ROLL MANEUVER.UN WINDMILL START.NOT EQPD WITH STARTER.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2RL
- Reported as
- Pitts S1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N2RLRegistration cancelled Jul 30, 2022 · Pitts-Luttrell PITTS S-1Airframe modelPitts-Luttrell PITTS S-1Engine modelContinental IO-360 series
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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.