- Date
- February 12, 1979
- Place
- St Petersburg, FL · ST PETERSBURG, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N22JEPitts S-1
- Status
- Completed · report March 30, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790212002859A
- Case key
- 137890
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0227 79/2/12 ST PETERSBURG,FL PITTS S-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 61, 496 TIME - 1735 N22JE PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 28 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ALBERT WHITTED DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ST PETERSBURG,FL LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N22JE
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Albert Whitted
N22JERegistered now · Erickson PITTS SPECIAL S-1Airframe modelErickson PITTS SPECIAL S-1Engine modelLycoming 0-320 series
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N22JE · 1
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