# NTSB LAX85LUJ01: Aerotek Pitts S-1, N1LM, Page, AZ, July 21, 1985

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · Minor injuries · Final report
- Date: July 21, 1985, 13:40 local (20:40 UTC)
- Place: Page, AZ
- Coordinates: 36.680122, -111.410522 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=36.6801&lon=-111.4105&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Approach](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/500) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: Minor injuries
- Injuries: 1 minor
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 24850
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=LAX85LUJ01
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/24850/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/LAX85LUJ01

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - in flight, go-around (vfr)
  - compensation for wind conditions - inadequate, pilot in command (cause)
  - wind information - misjudged, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - not maintained, pilot in command (cause)
  - weather condition - crosswind (contributing factor)
- In flight collision with terrain/water, go-around (vfr)

## Analysis

THE ACFT CONTACTED THE GROUND DURING AN ATTEMPTED GO-AROUND. THE PLT HAD TRIED TO PERFORM A X-WIND LANDING.

## Aircraft

- Registration: N1LM (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: AEROTEK PITTS S-1
- Category: Airplane
- Serial number: KA100
- Airframe hours: 454
- Engines: 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.

- Pilot; age 50; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19850721032739A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19850721032739A), Jul 21, 1985: Amtrpt PITTSSPECS1, Page, AZ, Destroyed. Pilot overcompensated during attempted go around in crosswind. Wingtip struck ground and aircraft cartwheeled.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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