# NTSB CHI86LA237: Pitts S2A, N70JJ, Peru, IL, June 27, 1986

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: June 27, 1986, 12:00 local (17:00 UTC)
- Place: Peru, IL
- Coordinates: 41.339317, -89.119232 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3393&lon=-89.1192&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 13532
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=CHI86LA237
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/13532/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/CHI86LA237

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- On ground/water encounter with weather, landing - roll
  - weather condition - tailwind (contributing factor)
  - wind information - misread, pilot in command (cause)
- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - compensation for wind conditions - not performed, pilot in command (cause)
  - go-around - delayed, pilot in command (cause)
  - wrong runway - not corrected, pilot in command (cause)
- Overrun, landing - roll
- Nose over, landing - roll

## Analysis

PILOT ELECTED TO LAND ON RUNWAY 18 BECAUSE THE WINDSOCK WAS INDICATING WIND TO BE FROMTHE SOUTH. UPON TOUCHDOWN IN THE FIRST THIRD OF THE RUNWAY THE AIRCRAFT SKIPPED SLIGHTLY. PILOT CHOSE TO TRY TO STOP RATHER THAN ATTEMPT A GO-AROUND AND APPLIED HEAVY BRAKING. THE AIRCRAFT OVERRAN THE RUNWAY AND FLIPPED OVER. AFTER EXITING THE AIRCRAFT, THE PILOT NOTED THAT THE WIND HAD SHIFTED AND WAS FROM THE NORTH.

## Aircraft

- Registration: [N70JJ](https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N70JJ-2008-04-21), registration cancelled 2008-04-21, S/N 2050, built 1973 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: PITTS S2A
- Registry model: [Aerotek PITTS S-2A](https://openairdocs.org/model/aerotek-pitts-s-2a) (registry code 0110201) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming I0360 SER A&C](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-i0360-ser-a-c) (registry code 41511, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: 2050
- Airframe hours: 586
- Engines: LYCOMING IO-360 200 horsepower reciprocating
- Damage: Substantial damage
- Flight: Personal, Part 91
- Registered owner: Linda L. Hamer
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection: Annual, August 2, 1985, 35 hours before
- Airport: Hamer, runway 18, 2,000 × 50 ft, grass/turf

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 45; private; airplane ratings: single-engine land; medical: class 3, valid medical--no waivers/lim.; seat: rear; flight hours: 946 total, 38 in this make and model, 841 as pilot in command, 41 in the last 90 days, 1 in the last 24 hours

## Weather

- Conditions: Visual (VMC), Day
- Wind: 280° at 8 knots
- Visibility: 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling: 3,800 ft broken
- Temperature: 72 °F, dew point 70 °F
- Altimeter: 29.00 inHg
- Observed at: ARR, 38 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19860627028359A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19860627028359A), Jun 27, 1986: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL, Peru, IL, Substantial damage. The aircraft overshot on a long, fast landing. Thunderstorms in the area shifted winds. Downwind landing.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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