- Date
- May 18, 1969
- Place
- Butler, PA · BUTLER, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N232WSPitt Spec
- Status
- Completed · report August 13, 1969
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 175341
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1839 69/5/18 BUTLER,PA PITT SPEC CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE,FL.INSTR., AGE TIME - 1122 N232WS PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP 26, 358 TOTAL HOURS, 8 IN DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE COLLIDED WITH: TREES LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - EXHAUST SYSTEM: STACKS MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - MATERIAL FAILURE MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERHEATED MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - FUEL STARVATION COMPLETE POWER LOSS - COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE/FLAMEOUT-1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- HOT EXHAUST GASES FROM FAILED STACK OVERHEATED ENG COMPARTMENT,CAUSED VAPOR LOCK.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N232WS
- Reported as
- Pitt Spec
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N232WSRegistration cancelled Jan 31, 2020 · Shober PITTSAirframe modelShober PITTSEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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.