- Date
- August 1, 1979
- Place
- Bedford, PA · BEDFORD, PA
- Injuries
- 1 minor
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N8004Pitts S1S
- Status
- Completed · report September 12, 1979
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19790801017509A
- Case key
- 134696
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1976 79/8/1 BEDFORD,PA PITTS S1S CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 26, 780 TIME - 1430 N8004 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 300 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - BEDFORD DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION FREDRICKSBURG,VA BEDFORD,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION HARD LANDING LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN GEAR COLLAPSED LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER LEVEL OFF FACTOR(S) MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - OVERLOAD FAILURE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N8004
- Reported as
- Pitts S1S
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Bedford
N8004Registration cancelled Jan 19, 1982 · Aerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1SAirframe modelAerotek PITTS SPECIAL S-1S
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.
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.