- Date
- December 9, 1982, 07:40 local (15:40 UTC)
- Place
- 6 N.W. Half Moo, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N2363Pitts S1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 9, 1983
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19821209063449A
- Case key
- 69663
From the NTSB’s public API. By law, NTSB reports can’t be used as evidence in lawsuits over the accident.
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Loss of control - on ground/water
Weather condition - gustsFactor
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Directional control - not maintainedCause
Lack of total experience in type of aircraftFactor
Ground loop/swerve - uncontrolled
Nose over
Terrain condition - softFactor
Analysis
Aircraft landed and a gust of wind turned the aircraft. Aircraft continued off right side of runway and nosed over in soft ground.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N2363
- Reported as
- Pitts S1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 490
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-E2A, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Norman H. Kirby
- Registered owner
- Norman H. Kirby
- Departed
- San Carlos, CA
- Destination
- Half Moon Bay, CA
- Airport
- HAF · Half Moon Bay, runway 30, 5,000 × 150 ft, asphalt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 316 total · 2 in this make and model · 259 as pilot in command · 17 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 40° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Temperature
- 118 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
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 N2363 · 1
Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.