- Date
- September 24, 1980
- Place
- Dumas, AR · DUMAS, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N1871Pitts S-1
- Status
- Completed · report October 31, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800924042599A
- Case key
- 128904
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2284 80/9/24 DUMAS,AR PITTS S-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1600 N1871 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 66, 2904 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 50 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MAYER DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DUMAS,AR LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) AIRFRAME - LANDING GEAR: MAIN GEAR-SHOCK ABSORBING ASSY,STRUTS,ATTACHMENTS,ETC. MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE REMARKS- GEAR TUBING STRUCTURE FAILED
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1871
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Mayer
N1871Registration cancelled May 6, 2015 · Strode-Pitts 66Airframe modelStrode-Pitts 66Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.