- Date
- May 4, 1980
- Place
- Fort Wayne, IN · FORT WAYNE, IN
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N75KSPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report May 30, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800504012339A
- Case key
- 131650
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0318 80/5/4 FORT WAYNE,IN PITTS S-1S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1842 N75KS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 36, 628 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 47 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VALHALLA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FORT WAYNE,IN LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION AIRFRAME FAILURE: IN FLIGHT TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION SYSTEMS - FLIGHT CONTROL SYSTEMS: ELEVATOR AND ELEVATOR TAB CONTROL SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FATIGUE FRACTURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - LACK OF LUBRICATION-SPECIFIC PART,NOT SYSTEM REMARKS- ELEVATOR PUSH-PULL TUBE FAILED AT ROD END BEARING.ACFT ROLLED INVERTED AFT LIFT-OFF.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N75KS
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Valhalla
N75KSRegistration cancelled May 8, 2013 · Schneider-Kenton PITTS SPECIAL S-1SAirframe modelSchneider-Kenton PITTS SPECIAL S-1SEngine modelLycoming IO-320 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.