- Date
- July 11, 1971
- Place
- West Helena, AR · WEST HELENA, AR
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N111JMPitts Spcl S1C
- Status
- Completed · report March 9, 1972
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 162450
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2614 71/7/11 WEST HELENA,ARK PITTS SPCL S1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 36, 1000 TIME - 1200 N111JM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 40 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WHEELERS STRIP DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WEST HELENA,ARK LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) SYSTEMS - ANTI-ICING,DE-ICING SYSTEMS: CARBURETOR DE-ICING SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ICE-CARBURETOR TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- OWNR STATED CARB HEAT BUTTERFLY SHAFT BROKE.ENG REQRD CARB HEAT OCNLY.LNDD IN HIGH COTTON ADJ RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N111JM
- Reported as
- Pitts Spcl S1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wheelers Strip
N111JMRegistration cancelled Oct 28, 2009 · Malone PITTS SPECIAL S-1CAirframe modelMalone PITTS SPECIAL S-1CEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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.