- Date
- July 19, 1986, 15:10 local (20:10 UTC)
- Place
- Hartford, WI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3507Patton Pitts S-1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860719034539A
- Case key
- 13313
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt was on an aerobatic competition flt. He reported that after finishing a sequence of aerobatic maneuvers, he returned to the rwy to land. During the landing, the acft was high on final apch & touched down to FAR down the 2100 ft rwy. It then contd off the departure end & went into a corn field & nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3507
- Reported as
- Patton Pitts S-1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 110
- Airframe hours
- 272
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Registered owner
- Lon Dienst
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · April 13, 1986 · 36 hours before
- Departed
- C31 · Hartford, WI
- Airport
- C31 · Hartford Muni, runway 18, 2,100 × 195 ft, grass/turf
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
- 39
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 509 total · 42 in this make and model · 509 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 15 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 190° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 5,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 91 °F, dew point 75 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- MWC, 22 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.