- Date
- April 25, 1981
- Place
- Conway Springs, KS · CONWAY SPRINGS, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N80PFPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report May 29, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810425019059A
- Case key
- 126245
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0760 81/4/25 CONWAY SPRINGS,KS PITTS S-1S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 30, 1285 TIME - 1030 N80PF PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE TOTAL HOURS, 91 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - WAMSLEY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION WICHITA,KS CONWAY SPRINGS,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
Aircraft
- Registration
- N80PF
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Wamsley
N80PFRegistration cancelled Nov 13, 2012 · Douthitt-Weyer PITTS SPECIAL S-1SAirframe modelDouthitt-Weyer PITTS SPECIAL S-1SEngine modelLycoming I0360 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.