- Date
- August 25, 1987, 10:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Charlevoix, MI
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N76SCPitts S-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870825061319A
- Case key
- 13571
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Analysis
During landing on a short sod strip with a cross wind the pilot lost control when excessive brakes were applied. The aircraft nosed over. The plt stated that after landing he applied the brakes and the acft assumed about a 45 degree nose down attitude and the wheel pants dug in which tripped the acft. The main gear collapsed rearward and the prop struck the ground, as the acft nosed over. The plt operated heavy acft for a commercial airline and had limited time in the type acft. He recommended using less braking and a long rwy for landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N76SC
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1001
- Airframe hours
- 456
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Thomas Eugen Bullard
- Registered owner
- Thomas Eugene Bullard
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 26, 1987 · 5 hours before
- Airport
- CVX · Charlevoix Municipal, runway 31, 1,310 × 300 ft, grass/turf
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Airline transport, Flight engineer
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 9,364 total · 13 in this make and model · 9,200 as pilot in command · 278 in the last 90 days · 100 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 230° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TVC, 37 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.