- Date
- July 11, 1972
- Place
- Deming, NM · DEMING, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N77CKPitts S-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 17, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 167237
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3210 72/7/11 DEMING,N MEX PITTS S-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 0800 N77CK PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 49, 4000 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DEMING MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DEMING,N MEX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT REMARKS- 1ST FLT IN MAKE AND MODEL.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N77CK
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Deming Muni
N77CKRegistration cancelled Sep 17, 2013 · Kulp-Crawford PITTS S-1Airframe modelKulp-Crawford PITTS S-1Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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.
Other investigations on N77CK · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.