- Date
- March 22, 1981
- Place
- Somerset, PA · SOMERSET, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N70JMPitts S-1
- Status
- Completed · report April 13, 1981
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19810322011879A
- Case key
- 126784
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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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0306 81/3/22 SOMERSET,PA PITTS S-1 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL COMMERCIAL, AGE 40, 550 TIME - 1000 N70JM PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 27 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - SOMERSET COUNTY DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION ROSTRAVOR,PA SOMERSET,PA TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION GROUND-WATER LOOP-SWERVE LANDING: ROLL NOSE OVER/DOWN LANDING: ROLL PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - IMPROPER OPERATION OF BRAKES AND/OR FLIGHT CONTROLS FACTOR(S) AIRPORTS/AIRWAYS/FACILITIES - AIRPORT CONDITIONS: OTHER REMARKS- ENCTRD SNOW AFTER DEPG R SIDE OF RWY.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N70JM
- Reported as
- Pitts S-1
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Somerset County
N70JMRegistration cancelled Apr 6, 1988 · Malloy PITTS SPECIAL S-1Airframe modelMalloy PITTS SPECIAL S-1
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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.