- Date
- March 21, 1980
- Place
- Midland, TX · MIDLAND, TX
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N117QPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report April 28, 1980
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19800321006719A
- Case key
- 131947
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0664 80/3/21 NR.MIDLAND,TX PITTS S-1S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 35, 1600 TIME - 1730 N117Q PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-MINOR OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MIDLAND AIRPARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MIDLAND,TX LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) MISC-FUEL STARVATION FOR UNDETERMINED REASON MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - ROUGH/UNEVEN COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- ENG QUIT AT TOP OF LOOP.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N117Q
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Minor damage
- Airport
- Midland Airpark
N117QRegistered now · Dean A Case PITTS SPECIALAirframe modelDean A Case PITTS SPECIALEngine modelLycoming 0-360-A1D
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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.
Other investigations on N117Q · 1
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