- Date
- August 6, 1988, 13:40 local (19:40 UTC)
- Place
- Butte, MT
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N59JRossi Pitts S-1S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880806035199A
- Case key
- 17521
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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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.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Precautionary landing - performed
In-flight planning/decision - improperCause
Weather condition - high windFactor
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Wrong runway - selectedCause
Aircraft
- Registration
- N59J
- Reported as
- Rossi Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 782
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Ramachadran, Gopal
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 11, 1988 · 28 hours before
- Departed
- WMC · Winnemucca, NV
- Destination
- HLN · Helena, MT
- Airport
- BTM · Bert Mooney, runway 15, 9,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
N59JRegistration cancelled Apr 24, 2013 · Rossi James PITTS SPECIAL S-1SAirframe modelRossi James PITTS SPECIAL S-1SEngine modelLycoming AEIO-360 series
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 2,481 total · 531 in this make and model · 2,361 as pilot in command · 102 in the last 90 days · 36 in the last 30 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 270° at 40 knots, gusting 40
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 4,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 52 °F, dew point 45 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- BTM
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.