- Date
- August 25, 1990, 09:50 local (13:50 UTC)
- Place
- Palm City, FL
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N10PPPitts S1-S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 15, 1992
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19900825035949A
- Case key
- 32695
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Probable cause
Failure of the pilot in command to initiate a go around in a timely manner, and the airplane landing gear dug into the soft sod and nosed over.
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 private pilot landed the airplane on a sod runway that was wet and soft. During the landing roll he noted that the right main wheel and tire were digging in the sod. He attempted a go around and the right main landing gear failed and the airplane nosed over.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N10PP
- Reported as
- Pitts S1-S
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 1
- Airframe hours
- 1,070
- Engine
- Avco Lycoming O-360-A3A, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Kenneth Truesdale
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · March 21, 1990 · 93 hours before
- Departed
- X58 · Indiantown, FL
- Destination
- 1X4
- Airport
- 1X4 · Willis Slideport
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
- 48
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 390 total · 89 in this make and model · 32 in the last 90 days · 9 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 120° at 4 knots
- Visibility
- 8 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 25,000 ft broken
- Temperature
- 88 °F, dew point 73 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- PBI, 8 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.