- Date
- July 10, 1986, 09:47 local (13:47 UTC)
- Place
- Pompano Beach, FL
- Injuries
- 2 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Takeoff
- Aircraft
- N31496Aerotek Pitts S-2A
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860710036399A
- Case key
- 31668
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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 student plt lost control of the acft as power was applied to takeoff. The instructor plt then took control of the acft as it left the rwy, after which the left gear became stuck in sand. The acft nosed over and came to rest inverted.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N31496
- Reported as
- Aerotek Pitts S-2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 2240
- Airframe hours
- 1,567
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360 A1E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Instructional · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Pompano Air Center Inc.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Aerobatic
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · February 13, 1986 · 81 hours before
- Airport
- PMP · Pompano Beach Airpark, runway 10, 3,500 × 100 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
- 31
- Certificates
- Commercial, Flight instructor
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Rear
- Flight hours
- 9,000 total · 1,040 in this make and model · 1,580 as pilot in command · 160 in the last 90 days · 7 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PMP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.