- Date
- December 5, 1965
- Place
- Sunland Pk, NM · SUNLAND PK, NM
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8LPitts Spcl S1C
- Status
- Completed · report January 14, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 174681
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3523 65/12/5 SUNLAND PK N MEX PITTS SPCL S1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 31, 665 TIME - 0930 N8L PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 16 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SUNLAND PARK TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8L
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl S1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sunland Park
N8LRegistered now · Pitts Special S-1CAirframe modelPitts Special S-1CEngine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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Other investigations on N8L · 2
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