- Date
- May 18, 1986, 19:00 local (May 19, 1986, 00:00 UTC)
- Place
- Montezuma, KS
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N39967Jackman Pitts S-1S
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860518017919A
- Case key
- 34179
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The pilot stated that as the aircraft touched down on the runway the left wing struck crops in a wheatfield which arrested the forward motion of the wing. According to th e pilot, the aircraft veered out of control into the wheatfield, cartwheeled twice, and came to rest in an inverted position. The plt reported local winds were from the east at 5 to 10 KTS.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N39967
- Reported as
- Jackman Pitts S-1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 100EA421
- Airframe hours
- 80
- Engine
- Lycoming O-360, 180 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Edward F.Fleet
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · September 13, 1985
- Departed
- 8K4 · Meade, KS
- Destination
- 46K · Montezuma, KS
- Airport
- 46K · Rexford, runway 17, 2,500 × 120 ft, grass/turf
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Front
- Flight hours
- 281 total · 43 in this make and model · 281 as pilot in command · 22 in the last 90 days · 5 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 310° at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 20 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 72 °F, dew point 34 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DDC, 28 nm away
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.