- Date
- May 18, 1977
- Place
- Olathe, KS · OLATHE, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N9TJPitts S1S
- Status
- Completed · report August 7, 1977
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19770518012409A
- Case key
- 147544
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1400 77/5/18 OLATHE,KS PITTS S1S CR- 0 0 1 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 33, 3002 TIME - 0905 N9TJ PX- 0 0 0 DEMONSTRATION TOTAL HOURS, 80 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - CEDAR AIR PARK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OLATHE,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE STRUCTURE: MASTER AND CONNECTING RODS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND
Aircraft
- Registration
- N9TJ
- Reported as
- Pitts S1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Cedar Air Park
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.