- Date
- August 31, 1991, 18:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Lincoln, IL
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N237VPitts Special S-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report March 24, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19910831037339A
- Case key
- 14864
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Probable cause
The NTSB’s determination of the probable cause, and any contributing factors.
Loss of engine power for undetermined reasons.
Analysis
The pilot of an experimental airplane experienced complete power loss climbing past 800 feet after takeoff. The pilot attempted a forced landing at the departure field and touched down in corn before reaching the runway. The airplane nosed over and cartwheeled. No mechanical malfunction was found.
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.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N237V
- Reported as
- Pitts Special S-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 189-H
- Airframe hours
- 1,279
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Maxwell E. Shauck, Jr.
- Registered owner
- Maxwell E. Shauck, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 5, 1991 · 39 hours before
- Destination
- DEC · Decatur, IL
- Airport
- 3LC · Logan County, runway 3, 4,225 × 75 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
- 55
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 1,300 in this make and model · 10,800 as pilot in command · 50 in the last 90 days · 50 in the last 30 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 5 knots
- Visibility
- 4 statute miles
- Temperature
- 79 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.
Other investigations on N237V · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.