- Date
- June 13, 1992, 08:30 local (12:30 UTC)
- Place
- Newburyport, MA
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3117James J. Dean Pitts Special S1C
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report August 26, 1993
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19920613019859A
- Case key
- 37166
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Probable cause
The pilot misjudging his clearance to brush and small trees during landing rollout.
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.
On ground/water collision with object
Object - tree(s)Factor
Clearance - misjudgedCause
Nose over
Analysis
During landing rollout, the right wing contacted low trees and brush. The pilot stated, 'I misjudged my clearance.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3117
- Reported as
- James J. Dean Pitts Special S1C (PITTS SPEC)
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- JJD-1
- Engine
- Lycoming O-320, 150 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Milton D. Gordon
- Registered owner
- Milton D. Gordon
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · January 2, 2000 · 23 hours before
- Airport
- 2B2 · Plum Island, runway 28, 2,520 × 50 ft, asphalt
N3117Registered now · Pitts Special S-1CAirframe modelPitts Special S-1CEngine modelLycoming 0-320 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.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 47
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Invalid Medical for flight
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 3,000 total · 90 in this make and model
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 240° at 15 knots
- Lowest ceiling
- None
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.