- Date
- August 5, 1978
- Place
- Lake Village, IN · LAKE VILLAGE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N170HPitts S-1C
- Status
- Completed · report September 29, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780805022449A
- Case key
- 139898
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2122 78/8/5 NR.LAKE VILLAGE,IN PITTS S-1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 40, 734 TIME - 1915 N170H PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 39 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - LAKE VILLAGE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION LAKE VILLAGE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - PRODUCTION-DESIGN-PERSONNEL: OTHER AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE REMARKS- AXLE WELDED TO LDG GR,NORMALLY PLACED THROUGH GR & THEN WELDED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N170H
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1C
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Lake Village
N170HRegistration cancelled Aug 10, 2012 · Pitts S-1CAirframe modelPitts S-1CEngine modelLycoming 0-290 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.