- Date
- July 10, 1984, 18:00 local (22:00 UTC)
- Place
- Port Sanilac, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- CGNODPitts S-1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- Case key
- 12687
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Analysis
The acft was on a VFR x-country when the weather began to deteriorate. The plt overflew sandusky arpt with wx 0F 1000 ftovercast and visibility 3 miles in fog. He said he 'inspected' the arpt as a possible landing site but continued the flt. Following a road at 500 ft AGL he flew into dense fog over Port sanilia. He said he descended to 300 ft AGL anddid a 180 deg turn to fly back to sandusky but remained in fog and decided to make a precautionary landing. While landing on a soft field the acft nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- CGNOD
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Airframe hours
- 540
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gordon Price
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 15, 1984 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- YAM · Sault St. Marie
- Destination
- NC4 · Guelph,Ontario
- Flight plan
- VFR
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 32
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,883 total · 33 in this make and model · 2,237 as pilot in command · 95 in the last 90 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Lowest ceiling
- 400 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 81 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MBS, 50 nm away