- Date
- May 16, 1976
- Place
- Falcon, CO · FALCON, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N2JMPitts S-1E
- Status
- Completed · report June 22, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760516012769A
- Case key
- 153863
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1175 76/5/16 FALCON,CO PITTS S-1E CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS ATP,FLIGHT INSTR., AGE TIME - 1500 N2JM PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING 34, 13500 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 380 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEADOW LAKE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FALCON,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: UNCONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISCELLANEOUS - UNDETERMINED REMARKS- PLT CLAIMED CONTROLS JAMMED CONTROLS OPERATED NORMALLY AFTER ACCIDENT.GUSTS TO 25K.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2JM
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1E
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meadow Lake
N2JMRegistration cancelled Feb 3, 1977 · Mckinstry PITTS SPECIAL S-1EAirframe modelMckinstry PITTS SPECIAL S-1E
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.