- Date
- July 20, 1979
- Place
- Ottawa, KS · OTTAWA, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N60LGPitts S2A
- Status
- Completed · report September 6, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790720017029A
- Case key
- 135071
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1373 79/7/20 OTTAWA,KS PITTS S2A CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 51, 2481 TIME - 1030 N60LG PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 113 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - OTTAWA MUNICIPAL DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION OTTAWA,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLIDED WITH: RUNWAY OR APPROACH LIGHTS LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO MAINTAIN DIRECTIONAL CONTROL
Aircraft
- Registration
- N60LG
- Reported as
- Pitts S2A
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Ottawa Municipal
N60LGRegistered now · Aerotek PITTS S-2AAirframe modelAerotek PITTS S-2AEngine modelLycoming AEIO-360 series
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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.