- Date
- February 2, 1986, 17:40 local (Feb 3, 1986, 01:40 UTC)
- Place
- Julian, CA
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N7JBPitts S-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860202031449A
- Case key
- 25063
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Analysis
A pitts S-1 nosed over on landing roll in rough terrain after an engine failure. The plt indicated due to faulty and poor wx briefings the flight was detoured from the primary and alternate routes and the aircraft ran out of fuel. The plt had contacted fss on two occasions requesting wx for his destination. Both times the wx was given as 3000 ft ovc and 15 mi visibility. The plt's route required navigation through the coastal range mts. The peaks of which rise between 5000 and 6000 ft MSL with passes at 3000 ft MSL. The fld elev of the wx reporting station was 385 feet. The reported wx conditions placed the base of the ceiling at approximately 100 to 200 ft in the passes.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N7JB
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- J-B-1
- Airframe hours
- 700
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-360, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Henry L. Maslon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 1, 1986 · 15 hours before
- Departed
- L04 · Holtville, CA
- Destination
- SEE · San Diego, CA
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 3,325 total · 248 in this make and model · 77 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 280° at 10 knots
- Visibility
- 15 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,000 ft overcast
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point -0 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SAN, 25 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
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