- Date
- July 19, 1977
- Place
- Boulder, CO · BOULDER, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N266YPitts S1S
- Status
- Completed · report August 22, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 146719
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1716 77/7/19 BOULDER, CO PITTS S1S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1390 TIME - 1040 N266Y PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 243 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION BOULDER,CO LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: DESCENDING GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: OTHER POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - IMPROPERLY INSTALLED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - JAMMED TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THROTTLE CABLE CONTACTED EXHAUST,JAMMED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N266Y
- Reported as
- Pitts S1S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N266YRegistered now · Herendeen Bob PITTS S1SAirframe modelHerendeen Bob PITTS S1SEngine modelLycoming O&VO-360 series
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