- Date
- July 29, 1981
- Place
- Russelville, PA · RUSSELVILLE, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N18UNPitts S-1C
- Status
- Completed · report October 7, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810729047239A
- Case key
- 124642
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-2028 81/7/29 NR.RUSSELVILLE,PA PITTS S-1C CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, FL.INSTR., TIME - 1800 N18UN PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP AGE 26, 1450 TOTAL HOURS, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 130 IN TYPE, INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION UNKNOWN/NOT REPORTED LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION ENGINE FAILURE OR MALFUNCTION IN FLIGHT: NORMAL CRUISE NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) POWERPLANT - ENGINE CONTROLS: THROTTLE-POWER LEVER ASSEMBLIES MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - DISCONNECTED FACTOR(S) TERRAIN - HIGH VEGETATION PARTIAL POWER LOSS - PARTIAL LOSS OF POWER - 1 ENGINE EMERGENCY CIRCUMSTANCES - FORCED LANDING OFF AIRPORT ON LAND REMARKS- THROTTLE LINKAGE AT THE CARB SLIDE VLV BCM DSCNCTD.LNDD IN FLD OF TALL ALFALFA.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N18UN
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1C
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
N18UNRegistered now · Speicher Raymond D PITTS SPECIALAirframe modelSpeicher Raymond D PITTS SPECIALEngine modelLycoming 0-290 series
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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.