- Date
- August 1, 1981
- Place
- Dodge City, KS · DODGE CITY, KS
- Injuries
- 1 fatal
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N1ESPitts S-1
- Status
- Completed · report September 30, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810801047009A
- Case key
- 124448
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2217 81/8/1 DODGE CITY,KS PITTS S-1 CR- 1 0 0 MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL, AGE 49, 2200 TIME - 1452 N1ES PX- 0 0 0 AIR SHOW/RACING TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - DODGE CITY MUNI DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION DODGE CITY,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED ALTITUDE AND CLEARANCE FACTOR(S) WEATHER - HIGH DENSITY ALTITUDE WEATHER BRIEFING - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED WEATHER FORECAST - UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED SKY CONDITION CEILING AT ACCIDENT SITE SCATTERED UNLIMITED VISIBILITY AT ACCIDENT SITE PRECIPITATION AT ACCIDENT SITE 5 OR OVER(UNLIMITED) NONE OBSTRUCTIONS TO VISION AT ACCIDENT SITE TEMPERATURE-F NONE 96 WIND DIRECTION-DEGREES WIND VELOCITY-KNOTS 150 8 TYPE OF WEATHER CONDITIONS TYPE OF FLIGHT PLAN VFR NONE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- WITNESSES ESTIMATED PLT BGN SPLIT S FM 100 TO 15OFT AGL.D/A APRX 5400FT.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N1ES
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Dodge City Muni
N1ESRegistration cancelled Sep 21, 2009 · Sanford PITTS SPECIAL S-1Airframe modelSanford PITTS SPECIAL S-1Engine modelLycoming 0-320 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.