- Date
- March 19, 1977
- Place
- Clinton, MD · CLINTON, MD
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Taxi
- Aircraft
- N4111Pitts S1
- Status
- Completed · report June 28, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770319006779A
- Case key
- 157997
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0990 77/3/19 CLINTON,MD PITTS S1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE UNK/NR, 265 TIME - 1430 N4111 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 0 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 UNK/NR INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - HYDE FIELD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION CLINTON,MD LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE TAXI: OTHER NOSE OVER/DOWN TAXI: OTHER PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - LACK OF FAMILIARITY WITH AIRCRAFT
Aircraft
- Registration
- N4111
- Reported as
- Pitts S1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Hyde Field
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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 N4111 · 2
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