- Date
- August 5, 1978
- Place
- Olathe, KS · OLATHE, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N11SWPitts S-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 18, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780805020859A
- Case key
- 140507
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1973 78/8/5 OLATHE,KS PITTS S-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1215 N11SW PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 57, 3485 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 376 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - JOHNSON COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION KANSAS CITY,KS OLATHE,KS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11SW
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Johnson County
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FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.