- Date
- April 9, 1981
- Place
- Goddard, KS · GODDARD, KS
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N11SSPitts S-1S
- Status
- Completed · report May 26, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810409019259A
- Case key
- 127111
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0765 81/4/9 NR.GODDARD,KS PITTS S-1S CR- 0 1 0 NONCOMMERCIAL AIRLINE TRANSPORT, AGE TIME - 1820 N11SS PX- 0 0 0 PRACTICE 34, 5300 TOTAL HOURS, 40 DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - ECK DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION GODDARD,KS LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION COLLISION WITH GROUND/WATER: CONTROLLED IN FLIGHT: ACROBATICS PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED CLEARANCE FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BGN SPLIT-S MNVR FM APRX 1200-1500FT AGL,MUSHED INTO TRRN AT BOTTOM OF MNVR.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11SS
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Eck
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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.