- Date
- November 17, 1990, 10:45 local (18:45 UTC)
- Place
- Carson City, NV
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N9QBPitts S-1E
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report November 23, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19901117050919A
- Case key
- 26957
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Probable cause
The pilot's failure to maintain directional control during takeoff roll and the abrupt pullup to a premature takeoff.
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 stalled his aircraft while attempting a formation takeoff. The pilot indicated that his aircraft began to drift into the other aircraft and his corrections were not sufficient to arrest the drift. He pulled the aircraft into the air to avoid a collision and stalled. He reported no mechanical malfunctions prior to the accident.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9QB
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1E
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- SB3
- Airframe hours
- 341
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360-A4A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Brown, Stanley H.
- Registered owner
- Brown, Stanley H
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Unknown · May 26, 1990 · 22 hours before
- Airport
- 024 · Carson, runway 27, 5,900 × 75 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 66
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Multi-engine land, Single-engine land, Single-engine sea
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,100 total · 450 in this make and model · 3,100 as pilot in command · 40 in the last 90 days · 4 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 60° at 3 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 61 °F, dew point 37 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- RNO, 20 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.