- Date
- February 23, 1990, 13:20 local (21:20 UTC)
- Place
- Ramona, CA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N49351Pitts S1T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 9, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900223002629A
- Case key
- 26744
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Probable cause
The pilots loss of directional control during landing.
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.
Analysis
The pilot stated he landed downwind and the aircraft was not slowing down as usual. A gust of wind shifted the aircraft about 30 degrees and the aircraft proceeded off the runway. The dirt was soft and the wheels sunk into the ground with the aircraft flipping over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N49351
- Reported as
- Pitts S1T
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1054
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-A1A, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Eaton, George W.
- Registered owner
- Unknown
- Destination
- L39
- Airport
- L39 · Ramona, runway 9, 4,000 × 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
- 60
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Flight hours
- 528 total · 6 in this make and model · 502 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- -0 °F, dew point -0 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.