- Date
- July 30, 1976
- Place
- Owensboro, KY · OWENSBORO, KY
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N7PJPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report December 13, 1976
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19760730032679A
- Case key
- 155592
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-3397 76/7/30 OWENSBORO,KY PITTS S-1S CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 244 TIME - 1805 N7PJ PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 1 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - GOODE DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OWENSBORO,KY LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB STALL: SPIN TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PERSONNEL - MAINTENANCE,SERVICING,INSPECTION: INADEQUATE MAINTENANCE AND INSPECTION POWERPLANT - FUEL SYSTEM: FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF FLIGHT CONTROLS PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- NR 2 CYL FUEL LINE NOZZLE SEPARATED FM THREADED BOSS OF CYL.THREADS APRD TO HAVE BEEN CROSS THREAD
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7PJ
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Goode
N7PJRegistration cancelled Dec 17, 1976 · Cremer PITTS SPECIAL S-1CAirframe modelCremer PITTS SPECIAL S-1C
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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.