- Date
- March 1, 1983, 11:40 local (17:40 UTC)
- Place
- Harvard, IL
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N11DDodd Pitts S1S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830301005649A
- Case key
- 11981
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
The acft crashed into an open field leaving no ground scars other than the principal impact. One witness saw the acft stall at the top of a loop and go into a spin (tail-down). He stated the acft rotated 6-8 times prior to impact with the engine running. The acft owner stated that 'if the plane goes into a very flat spin inverted, the only way out is tocut the power.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11D
- Reported as
- Dodd Pitts S1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 18P
- Airframe hours
- 418
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A1A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Henry L. Riedemann
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 14, 1982 · 10 hours before
- Departed
- 10C · Wonder Lake, IL
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 53
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Toxicology
- Performed
- Flight hours
- 15,200 total · 12 in this make and model · 15,000 as pilot in command · 185 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 39 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.