- Date
- August 14, 1983, 13:00 local (19:00 UTC)
- Place
- Hudson, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N22RPitts Special S-1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830814040819A
- Case key
- 16135
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
After arriving, the plt landed the acft on a turf rwy that was still wet due to a heavy rain on the previous day. During the landing roll-out, wet grass & mud accumulated in the main wheel pants. The plt said that the wheels subsequently locked up & the acft nosed over. According to the plt, the wind was calm. About 20 mi south a denver, the wind was from 130 deg at 7 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22R
- Reported as
- Pitts Special S-1C (SPECIAL S-)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- Unknown UNKNOWN, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Gilbert Geisz
- Departed
- 1V5 · Boulder, CO
- Airport
- 7C03 · Lindys, runway 36, 3,000 × 60 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
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 63 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 20 nm away
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 N22R · 2
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.