- Date
- March 4, 1978
- Place
- Marana, AZ · MARANA, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N30JPPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report April 17, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780304004329A
- Case key
- 143218
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0471 78/3/4 NR.MARANA,AZ PITTS S-1S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 34, 2337 TIME - 1520 N30JP PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 125 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - MARANA DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION MARANA,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N30JP
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Marana
N30JPRegistered now · Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1SAirframe modelAerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1SEngine modelLycoming AEIO-360 series
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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.