- Date
- June 24, 1980
- Place
- Salt St Marie, MI · SALT ST MARIE, MI
- Injuries
- 1 minor, 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- C-GVHIPitts S2A
- Status
- Completed · report July 21, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 130327
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-0007 80/6/24 SALT ST MARIE,MI PITTS S2A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL CERTIFICATE OTHER, AGE TIME - 1830 C-GVHI PX- 0 0 1 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 39, 300 TOTAL HOURS, 10 DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CHIPPEWA CO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SALT ST MARIE,CANADA SALT ST MARIE,MI TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: BRAKING SYSTEM (NORMAL SYSTEM) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED REMARKS- PISTON ASSEMBLY COCKED IN R BRAKE HOUSING(CLEVELAND 30-9).HOLES ENLARGED IN PRESS PLATE 063-00500.
Aircraft
- Registration
- C-GVHI
- Reported as
- Pitts S2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Chippewa Co