- Date
- September 7, 1981
- Place
- Tracy, CA · TRACY, CA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N21JVPitts S-1C
- Status
- Completed · report September 17, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810907056069A
- Case key
- 123835
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2387 81/9/7 TRACY,CA PITTS S-1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 46, 1525 TIME - 1435 N21JV PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 105 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - NEW JERUSALEM DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION SAN JOSE,CA TRACY,CA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- RAN INTO FARM CROP BESIDE RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N21JV
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- New Jerusalem
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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 N21JV · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.