- Date
- April 28, 1983, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place
- Sebring, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N57WCCarter Pitts Special S-1
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19830428016329A
- Case key
- 30882
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The acft was landed behind a Piper navajo and rolled right and left striking both wing tips before nosing over. The pilot believes she encountered vortex turbulence from the Piper navajo which landed in front of her. The weather was vmcand no flight plan was filed. The pilot was not injured.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N57WC
- Reported as
- Carter Pitts Special S-1 (PITTS SPEC)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 15
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-320-B1A, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Berniece Marie Lea
- Last inspection
- Annual · February 7, 1983 · 0 hours before
- Airport
- SEF · Sebring, runway 14, 5,000 × 300 ft, concrete
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
- 42
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Flight hours
- 407 total · 15 in this make and model · 360 as pilot in command · 21 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 6 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 54 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- SRQ, 64 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.