- Date
- December 21, 1986, 09:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Warsaw, IN
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39XPPitts S1S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19861221077279A
- Case key
- 13594
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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.
Analysis
According to the pilot after touchdown the right brake seemed to lock up with a 'skidding' noise as the aircraft left the runway. The pilot stated he was having difficulty keeping his toes off the brakes as he was attempting to maintain directional control. The aircraft came to a rest, nose down, on the side of the runway.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39XP
- Reported as
- Pitts S1S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- K-039
- Airframe hours
- 52
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-B4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Zeemack Aircraft Sales Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 12, 1986 · 4 hours before
- Departed
- ASW · Warsaw, IN
- Airport
- ASW · Warsaw Municipal, runway 36, 4,000 × 75 ft, asphalt
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.
- Flight hours
- 338 total · 15 in this make and model · 276 as pilot in command · 11 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 50° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 25 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SBN, 34 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.