- Date
- May 18, 1986, 10:45 local (16:45 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N2DEPitts S-1S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860518017909A
- Case key
- 16966
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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
The plt report that he entered normal traffic for landing at front range airport. There were 3 or 4 acft preceding him so he extended his traffic pattern. After turning onto final approach about 1 mile from end of rwy, the plt said the eng quit abruptly. The acft stalled and crashed during the attempted forced landing. Wreckage examination and eng run failed to reveal evidence to explain the reported loss of power.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2DE
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 555H
- Airframe hours
- 108
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Joeseph E. Thompson
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 31, 1985 · 108 hours before
- Departed
- 01V · Aurora, CO
- Airport
- 1W1 · Front Range, runway 26, 8,000 × 100 ft, dirt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Flight instructor, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 3,779 total · 55 in this make and model · 3,600 as pilot in command · 70 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 30° at 11 knots
- Visibility
- 65 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 63 °F, dew point 28 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN, 15 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.