- Date
- July 21, 1985, 13:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place
- Page, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N1LMAerotek Pitts S-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19850721032739A
- Case key
- 24850
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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 - in flight
Compensation for wind conditions - inadequateCause
Wind information - misjudgedCause
Clearance - not maintainedCause
Weather condition - crosswindFactor
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The acft contacted the ground during an attempted go-around. The plt had tried to perform a x-wind landing.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1LM
- Reported as
- Aerotek Pitts S-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- KA100
- Airframe hours
- 454
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360 SERIES, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Patricia J. Herendeen
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · July 1, 1984 · 57 hours before
- Departed
- TOA · Torrance, CA
- Destination
- PGA · Page, AZ
- Airport
- PGA · Page, runway 33, 5,499 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 50
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 1,560 total · 1,491 as pilot in command · 28 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots, gusting 16
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 6,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 82 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PGA
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.