- Date
- April 11, 1986, 11:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Loveland, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14RNAerotek PITTS-S-1S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860411014259A
- Case key
- 16948
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Analysis
According to the plt, the acft encountered a tailwind during the landing roll. The plt said the acft nosed over onto its back when he applied brakes. The plt had indicated his total flt experience in this tail wheel acft to be aprx 4 hrs.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14RN
- Reported as
- Aerotek PITTS-S-1S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1-0057
- Airframe hours
- 462
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360-B4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- James D. Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 12, 1985 · 24 hours before
- Departed
- 2V2 · Longmont, CO
- Airport
- FNL · Ft. Collins Loveland Muni, runway 33, 6,500 × 100 ft, concrete
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
- 40
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 941 total · 4 in this make and model · 728 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 220° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 50 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 20,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 36 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.