- Date
- May 7, 1973
- Place
- Boerne, TX · BOERNE, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1581Pitts S1C
- Status
- Completed · report June 6, 1973
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19730507011169A
- Case key
- 190742
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0986 73/5/7 BOERNE,TEX PITTS S1C CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 58, 5525 TIME - 1500 N1581 PX- 0 0 0 FERRY TOTAL HOURS, 209 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SABINA AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CIBOLO,TEX BOERNE,TEX TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: HIGH VEGETATION REMARKS- ACFT DRIFTED TO R DRG ROLL OUT INTO HIGH GRASS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1581
- Reported as
- Pitts S1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Sabina Airpark
N1581Registered now · Pitts Special S-1CAirframe modelPitts Special S-1CEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.