- Date
- June 1, 1988, 19:00 local (23:00 UTC)
- Place
- Miami, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N36GBBost Pitts S-1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report July 10, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880601019869A
- Case key
- 32188
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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 he was performing a tail-slide maneuver when the eng suddenly quit. He attempted to restart eng. When eng would not restart, he elected to lnd a/c in a fld. During landing roll, the a/c nosed over. FAA stated that the carb was damaged during impact and that the eng could not be run.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N36GB
- Reported as
- Bost Pitts S-1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- GB3
- Airframe hours
- 308
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Rene Betancourt
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · May 27, 1988 · 8 hours before
- Airport
- 6X6 · Richards Field
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 331 total · 5 in this make and model · 272 as pilot in command · 74 in the last 90 days · 16 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 90° at 14 knots
- Visibility
- 1 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 1,500 ft broken
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- TMB, 7 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.