- Date
- August 31, 1981
- Place
- Romeo, MI · ROMEO, MI
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N12ALPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report November 3, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810831053479A
- Case key
- 124014
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2761 81/8/31 ROMEO,MI PITTS S-1S CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1930 N12AL PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE AGE 40, 1970 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 23 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ROMEO DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROMEO,MI LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - MISCELLANEOUS: POWERPLANT FAILURE FOR UNDETERMINED REASONS COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING ON AIRPORT/SEAPLANE BASE/HELIPT. REMARKS- FUEL SEL VALVE LOCATED ON FUSELAGE BULKHEAD FACING PLT AT KNEE LVL,NOT PROTECTED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N12AL
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Romeo
N12ALRegistered now · Davis A L PITTS SPECIAL S-1SAirframe modelDavis A L PITTS SPECIAL S-1SEngine modelLycoming I0-360-B1E
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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.