- Date
- October 25, 1987, 09:30 local (14:30 UTC)
- Place
- Clearwater, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N14SHPitts S-1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report December 27, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19871025066359A
- Case key
- 32093
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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 plt stated that on landing roll, as he added power to go around, he lost control of the aircraft, ran off the runway, flipped over and came to rest inverted. The torque of the relatively powerful engine added to the control problems in this short fuselage tail wheel acft which is prone to turning at lower speeds when the rudder is less effective during takeoff and landing. The turning is less noticable to the plt when the tail wheel is on the ground due to the nose of the acft blocking the forward visibility. The plt had limited flt experience in this type acft.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N14SH
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 077183254
- Airframe hours
- 198
- Engine
- Lycoming O-290D, 125 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Boutell, John
- Registered owner
- John Boutell
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 10, 1987 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- CLW · Clearwater Air Park, runway 33, 3,000 × 75 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
- 49
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 149 total · 29 in this make and model · 42 as pilot in command · 3 in the last 90 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 20° at 7 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 73 °F, dew point 66 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PIE
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.