# NTSB MIA83LA132: Carter Pitts Special S-1, N57WC, Sebring, FL, April 28, 1983

- Type: NTSB accident investigation
- Classification: Accident · No injuries · Limited investigation · Final report
- Date: April 28, 1983, 10:00 local (14:00 UTC)
- Place: Sebring, FL
- Coordinates: 27.490268, -81.450843 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=27.4903&lon=-81.4508&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 1 uninjured
- Status: Completed
- Report: Approved by Office Director
- NTSB case key (mKey): 30882
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=MIA83LA132
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/30882/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/MIA83LA132

## Sequence of events

In NTSB's coding before 2008 (https://www.ntsb.gov/GILS/Documents/codman.pdf).

- Loss of control - on ground/water, landing - roll
  - planned approach - inaccurate, pilot in command (cause)
  - clearance - improper, pilot in command (cause)
- Nose over, landing - roll

## 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](https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N57WC), registered now, S/N 1, built 1977 (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: CARTER PITTS SPECIAL S-1 (PITTS SPEC)
- Registry model: [Carter PITTS SPECIAL S-1](https://openairdocs.org/model/carter-pitts-special-s-1) (registry code 7220768) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: [Lycoming IO-320 series](https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-320-series) (registry code 41509, reciprocating) (OpenAirDocs)
- Category: Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number: 1
- Airframe hours: 15
- Engines: 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

## Flight crew

As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.

- Pilot; age 42; 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 (OpenAirDocs).

- [Accident 19830428016329A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19830428016329A), Apr 28, 1983: Amtrpt PITTSSPECIAL, Sebring, FL, Substantial damage. Lost control on landing roll. Dragged both wings on the runway and nosed over.

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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