- Date
- May 29, 1988, 19:30 local (May 30, 1988, 00:30 UTC)
- Place
- Siloam Springs, AR
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N246PCPitts S-2
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 8, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19880529016409A
- Case key
- 34579
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Sequence of events
NTSB’s coding before 2008: each occurrence and phase of flight, and the causes and factors under it. The codes are defined in NTSB’s coding manual.
Abrupt maneuver
Maneuver - excessiveCause
Flight controls - improper use ofCause
Stall/mush - not correctedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Analysis
The pilot said that after takeoff and reaching a safe altitude, he made an immediate hard left turn resulting in a loss of control. Pilot did not recover from the resultant stall.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N246PC
- Reported as
- Pitts S-2
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 1008-1
- Airframe hours
- 350
- Engine
- Lycoming IO-540-D4A5AB, 300 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Registered owner
- Crow, John D.
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- 100 hour · March 21, 1988 · 50 hours before
- Destination
- FSM · Fort Smith, AR
- Airport
- SLG · Siloam Springs, runway 18, 4,985 × 75 ft, asphalt
N246PCRegistration cancelled Jan 19, 1989 · Gaston-Blalock PITTS S2SAirframe modelGaston-Blalock PITTS S2S
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
- 33
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 1,497 total · 20 in this make and model · 1,410 as pilot in command · 75 in the last 90 days · 35 in the last 30 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 140° at 12 knots
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 77 °F, dew point 50 °F
- Altimeter
- 29.00 inHg
- Observed at
- FYV, 25 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.