- Date
- October 6, 1984, 16:00 local (21:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hampshire, IL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N53130Aerotek Pitts S-2B
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19841006054549A
- Case key
- 12926
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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.
Loss of control - in flight
Flare - prematureCause
Airspeed(vs) - not maintainedCause
Stall - inadvertent
In flight collision with terrain/water
Airport facilities,runway/landing area condition - runway
Main gear collapsed
Landing gear,main gear - overload
Analysis
During the landing flare the acft stalled at about 15 ft. both main ldg gear collapsed when the acft collided with the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N53130
- Reported as
- Aerotek Pitts S-2B
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 5021
- Airframe hours
- 136
- Engine
- Lycoming AE-105-40, 260 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Donald R. Murphy
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 14, 1984
- Departed
- MWC · Milwaukee, WI
- Airport
- C38 · Casa De Aero, runway 9, 3,000 × 40 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 64
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 840 total · 111 in this make and model · 530 as pilot in command · 32 in the last 90 days · 3 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 10,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 70 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DPA, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.