- Date
- June 28, 1986, 13:15 local (17:15 UTC)
- Place
- Avoca, PA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Maneuvering
- Aircraft
- N83TJThomas Pitts S-1T
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19860628028439A
- Case key
- 30216
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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.
Loss of engine power
Aerobatics
Reason for occurrence undeterminedCause
In flight collision with terrain/water
Altitude - inadequateFactor
Analysis
During a ribbon cutting ceremony at the wilkes-barre/scranton air show, the acft had a temporary engine failure while inverted 20 feet above the terrain. The acft impacted on the rwy, slid 500 feet inverted, turned over and stopped upright.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N83TJ
- Reported as
- Thomas Pitts S-1T
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- T-020TJ
- Airframe hours
- 98
- Engine
- Lycoming AEIO-360-A1E, 200 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Part 91
- Operator
- Acro Specialities
- Registered owner
- Jack L. Thomas
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · April 8, 1986 · 30 hours before
- Airport
- AVP · Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, runway 22, 6,449 × 150 ft, asphalt
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 35
- Certificate
- Commercial
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 2, Valid Medical--no waivers/lim.
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 4,500 total · 2,500 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 7 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- 3,500 ft unknown
- Observed at
- AVP
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.