- Date
- July 2, 1969
- Place
- Hendersonville, NC · HENDERSONVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2215Pitts Spec S1C
- Status
- Completed · report September 4, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 168674
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2185 69/7/2 HENDERSONVILLE,NC PITTS SPEC S1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 2000 TIME - 1830 N2215 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MEYER FIELD TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: WHEELS,TIRES,AXLES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- L AXLE FAILED.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2215
- Reported as
- Pitts Spec S1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Meyer Field
N2215Registration cancelled Jul 20, 2009 · Pitts Special SC-1Airframe modelPitts Special SC-1Engine modelLycoming 0-235 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.