- Date
- May 14, 1978
- Place
- Beulaville, NC · BEULAVILLE, NC
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N7VCPitts S1
- Status
- Completed · report June 9, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780514009979A
- Case key
- 142230
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0841 78/5/14 BEULAVILLE,NC PITTS S1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 48, 3599 TIME - 1900 N7VC PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROLAND,NC APEX,NC TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - SELECTED UNSUITABLE TERRAIN FACTOR(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - INADEQUATE PREFLIGHT PREPARATION AND/OR PLANNING EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - PRECAUTIONARY LANDING OFF AIRPORT LOW ON FUEL REMARKS- LNDD ON ROAD9
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7VC
- Reported as
- Pitts S1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N7VCRegistration cancelled Oct 21, 1993 · Smithgall PITTS SPECIAL S-1CAirframe modelSmithgall 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.
Other investigations on N7VC · 1
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