- Date
- August 13, 1978
- Place
- Flat Rock, MI · FLAT ROCK, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N28KPitts Spcl 1
- Status
- Completed · report March 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780813043169A
- Case key
- 139402
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3884 78/8/13 NR.FLAT ROCK,MI PITTS SPCL 1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 51, 970 TIME - 1930 N28K PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 2 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CARLS DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FLAT ROCK,MI FLAT ROCK,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N28K
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl 1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Carls
N28KRegistered now · Kulp-Pitts Special 1966Airframe modelKulp-Pitts Special 1966Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N28K · 3
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