- Date
- March 2, 1987, 16:50 local (22:50 UTC)
- Place
- Friendswood, TX
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N815DBStrissel Pitts S1S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report May 16, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870302003889A
- Case key
- 22186
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Airframe/component/system failure/malfunction
Propeller system/accessories - separationCause
Engine assembly,crankshaft - failure,totalCause
Engine assembly,crankshaft - fatigueCause
Maintenance,major repair - inadequateCause
Forced landing
On ground/water encounter with terrain/water
Terrain condition - rough/uneven
Analysis
The prop separated during flt and the plt was forced to land the acft on rough terrain. Investigation revealed that the prop had separated as a result of a previously existing crack in the eng crankshaft. The eng had been rebuilt from components salvaged from an eng involved in a previous wreck and installed by a non-certificated mechanic.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N815DB
- Reported as
- Strissel Pitts S1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 70422
- Airframe hours
- 352
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4M, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- John S. Shackelford
- Registered owner
- John S Shockelford, Jr.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · August 19, 1986
- Departed
- T02 · Friendswood, TX
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Airline transport, Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 6,439 total · 37 in this make and model · 3,458 as pilot in command · 35 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 4 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 150° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 66 °F, dew point 43 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- HOU, 5 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.