- Date
- February 23, 1988, 16:15 local (23:15 UTC)
- Place
- Los Lunas, NM
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N79SSShiner Pitts S-1S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880223004379A
- Case key
- 17323
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that the tailwheel steering chain broke during the landing rollout. When the acft slowed to about 30 KTS the rudder was no longer effective and the plt was unable to control direction by use of the brakes. The acft turned to the lt and ran off the lt side of the rwy, collided with a ditch and nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N79SS
- Reported as
- Shiner Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 687 4
- Airframe hours
- 245
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- James A. Cline
- Registered owner
- Cline, James A
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1987 · 9 hours before
- Airport
- E98 · Midvalley Airpark, runway 35, 4,370 × 40 ft, asphalt
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
- 67
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 30,000 total · 116 in this make and model · 49 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 2 knots
- Visibility
- 60 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.